Oil spill

Oil Drilling Regulations British Petroleum(BP) had a massive oil spill on April 20, 2010. In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of eighty seven days, making it the biggest oil spill in United States history. The initial oil rig explosion killed eleven people and injured seventeen others (“11 Facts”). The spill killed hundreds of animal, plant life and destroyed the environment. BP was penalized up to forty billion dollars in…

10th largest oil reserve in the world”. “The US consumes more oil than any oil country 1.85 billion barrels per day”. Oil spills affect the environment and economy. The Gulf of Mexico has over a thousand oil rigs. The Deepwater Horizon is one of the biggest oil rigs on the Gulf of Mexico. In 2010 there was one of the largest oil spills in History. As many oil rigs as there are on the Gulf of Mexico there are frequent spills. Deepwater Horizon was considered the largest marine oil spill in…

annual fishing seasonoil bounced off Grand Isle and flowed into Terrebonne Bay. In fact, oil fouled 35 p% of the US Gulf Coast’s 2,625 kilometers of shoreline before the spill was done. The murky waters of the Mississippi River Delta hide a vast variety of life, hence the abundnt local commercial and sport fishng. But they also hide the longterm impacts of Deepwater Horizon’s oil spill from the public. The oil that reached shore has been absorbed into the sponge-like wetlands or drifted to the…

Not simply a tragedy for the environment, the oil spill created a major risk to the area food chain supporting the Alaskan fishing industry. Additionally, many species of animals were threatened, including ten million migratory shore birds and waterfowl, hundreds of sea otters, porpoises and sea lions, and several varieties of whales. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill was an Irreplaceable loss for the Alaskan people. That oil spill destroyed the whole ecological environment of Alaska. It has affected to…

FACTORS The BP oil spill directly affected the health of the environment in very harmful ways. In an account of the environmental losses regarding the BP oil spill, a famous writer for the Washington Post, Kevin Nance (2015), illustrates a reflection of the consequences in the wake of this disaster: “We remember the giant oil slick burning on the water, blackening the beaches, clogging the marshlands, choking and killing the fish and wildlife.” Many forms of wildlife suffered throughout this…

stop barrels oil that were gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, covering wildlife, and poisoning water in thick, unescapable oil. It took over 80 days to just stop the leak caused by an oil pipe explosion in 2010. Michael Klare, (2010) states the leak is “something that would not have occurred with proper corporate oversight” (p.1). Four years later, the government, organizations, and volunteers are still trying to clean up the millions of barrels that were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico. Oil is a…

caring enough about the environment was the huge BP oil spill in 2010. Although the spill happened in the Gulf of Mexico, some of the contaminated water traveled into the rivers making the fresh river water not safe to drink.…

Have you heard of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill? In Alaska there were many boats being transported through Alaskan waters and had little to no safety regulations. In 1989, Exxon Valdez oil company had the biggest oil spill in the United States. The spill had a huge impact on wildlife and led to many safety laws and regulations. The Exxon Valdez oil spill was the worst oil spill yet in U.S. history. There were millions of boats going through the Alaskan waters and had no safety restrictions. People…

stopping the oil spill, and almost 6 months to permanently seal the leaking well. It is estimated that a total of 4.4m barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico during the nearly three months the well leaked freely into the ocean. The cost of cleanup has been an outrageous $40bn. This disaster will continue to affect wildlife for years to come. Fishing was banned in the area, causing a shortage of fish in the markets. This in turn caused the price to go through the roof. Due to the…

Oil has been a vital part of everyday life for decades. It is our main source of fuel in automobiles and other machinery. Oil has its benefits, but people seem to ignore the process of acquiring oil. Oil drilling is a dangerous and risky process. It runs the risk of contaminating the surrounding water and harming the organisms that live in it. The process also emits large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, better known as the BP oil spill, was a prime…