BP Oil Spills

With all of the disasters mankind has caused to this earth, one might wonder if things like earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, etc. are nothing more than a response to our actions. The BP oil spill, which took place in the Gulf of Mexico, is easily recognizable as the worst oil spill disaster in American history. More than 200 million gallons of crude oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days total. The entire 16,000 miles of the Gulf coastline were affected. This included Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. The oil may have stopped gushing in 2010, but it has yet to stop washing up on the shore.

Eleven people died and seventeen were injured (Friedman 13). The people died and got hurt when it exploded (Friedman 13). An examination of primary and secondary sources will reveal the historical significance of this event.

The 20th of April 2010 will be marked as the worst day in British Petroleum PLC’s history, the day that there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig whilst drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and causing devastation to all the surrounding areas. The events of this day affected the global markets and relationships between countries substantially.

The topic of this paper is the toxicity of dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explosion. The main purpose is about the hazard effect, or the toxicity of crude oil and the dispersant. How the oil and dispersant effect the ocean, the coast and the creature live in the Gulf of Mexico area. In this case, the BP Company used Corexit 9500 and 9527 as the dispersant in this accident. In addition, the toxicity of crude oil and dispersant will be studied. As a result, not only the crude oil has a toxic effect on the nearby environment and living creature. The dispersant itself is very harmful to the living cell such as epithelial cell, neuron cell and skin cell. Furthermore, the combination of crude oil and dispersant has more

The Bp Deepwater Horizon accident was a problem associated with both faulty process safety culture. The disaster that took place could have been prevented if BP would have been committed to safety first. On January 11, 2011, a seven-member commission published a full report detailing the causes of the blow-out. This blow-out killed 11 men and leaked 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. Bob Graham, commission co-chairman, stated that the incident would not have happened if the government regulators would have held BP responsible for world-class safety standards. His findings were critical to the civil lawsuit filed by the United States Justice Department against Transocean, BP, and other companies involved in the spill. Graham demanded

Updates to the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill are that in May of 2010, BP and Transocean moved to have the cases against them consolidated. On August 2010, the Panel consolidated federal economic loss, environmental damage, wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit. On September 2010, the first hearing was held and was agreed that plaintiffs would compile a master complaint list that details all the different actions against the defendant companies and have it filed by December 2010. This was for new complaints to add their names to the list that qualified by the deadline of April 2011. On October 2010 a trial date was set for February 27, 2012. This is to be a non-jury trial to determine which company is to blame for the explosion

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill occurred on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. This oil spill was the largest spill in history in front of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. This oil spill released about 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean. This spill not only wreck havoc on the marine life but also the economic players that depended on ocean such as fisherman, tourism, and offshore drilling located along the gulf coast. Along will the spill the oil rig which was named Deepwater Horizon also went up in flames. This proved that the issue went far beyond just an oil rig that blew a line. Since this oil spill had drastic impacts all along the coast, BP which was the most liable for this incident faced criminal charges based on what happened. BP which knew the risks of deep ocean drilling failed to take the necessary safety procedures to reduce the risks of such incident occurring, thus was the reasoning behind placing most of the fault on them and not the other companies. The lack of regulatory oversight led to the issues and cost-cutting procedures opened the rig up to possible malfunctions like the one that occurred. During the spill into the gulf, BP sealed the well with cement which seemed to stop a majority of the oil from escaping the well. BP also recognized that the well was “dead” which was proven wrong when scientists still could conclude was leaking minor amounts of oil into the ocean. This spill not only proved to be harmful to the environment but also

BP was met with severe criticism for the ecological impacts of the oil spill, as the environment of Gulf of Mexico was completely damaged from the spill. The spill did not only bring about pollution to the marine wildlife but it also destroyed Gulf’s fishing and tourism industries. Like the effects on the physical environment, the social and economic environments were also affected. The waters of the Gulf of Mexico were closed due to pollution from the oil spill. As a result, recreational and commercial fishing were banned. The state of Louisiana closest to the oil well was greatly affected by the incident but the effects were as far reaching as the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Since fish, oysters and shrimps form an important

As the National Commission report put it: “The immediate causes of the Macondo well blowout can be

BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, is the third largest oil and gas producer in the world, producing almost 3.8 million barrels per day. BP was founded in 1908 by William Knox D’Arcy in London, United Kingdom. The company operates worldwide in several sectors of the oil and gas industry such as generating low carbon energy, moving oil and gas, and off and onshore oil and gas extraction (BP, 2014). However, the offshore Deepwater Horizon oil spill that happened on April 20th, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the greatest oil spills that took place in history. The disaster caused the loss of the lives of 11 workers, severely injuring 17 workers, and the aftermath had a great impact on the environment in the Gulf of Mexico.

It was the biggest oil spill in United States history with total of more than 200 million gallons of crude spilled.

Compared to other countries, the United States has a history of showing little regard to the state of the environment. A blind eye is turned to big businesses that tend to take advantage of citizens and their homes; for example the methods used to conceal important facts pertaining to the cause and clean-up of the BP oil spill. Gas guzzling cars are driven. Trash is thrown into bins clearly marked recycle. Strip malls are opened and closed within a mile of each other. In the midst of all this construction, thousands of acres of trees are cut down, mulled over and cemented. This is done regardless of the fact that there are several closed down strip malls within the area. It’s understandable that demolishing, rebuilding or renovating can be

For instance, Rufe, who is a scientist, states that we have not developed an approach that can clean more than 3 to 5 percent of the spilled oil” (Mufson, 2012). Furthermore, In the Gulf of Mexico, although 205.8 million gallons of oil have been spilled, just 51.8 million gallons have been collected, which equals approximately 25 percent. Moreover, in order to clean the Gulf from the oil spills almost 2 million gallons of toxic dispersants were used. Unfortunately, the toxic dispersants did not truly purify the spilled oil, but fractured them into tinier particles. As a consequence, that may make the oil more harmful for some ocean animals and plants ( A Center for Biological Diversity Report, 2008). However, with the increasing of offshore oil drilling accidents, and with no solution to solve the problem efficiently. The hazardous impact is not going to affect only on animals and plants. It might affect people who depend on the polluted area for food, ecological enrichment, and entertainment ( A Center for Biological Diversity Report,

Deepwater Horizon rig, which led to the deaths of 11 of the rig workers and the occurrence of the oil spill. It is documented that the two site leaders observed warning signs that the Mocondo Well was not secured properly and that oil and gas was leaking from the well. Unfortunately, Kaluza and Vidrine did not to take proper precautions, which is why they were charged with 11 felony counts of seaman’s manslaughter, 11 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter, and 1 violation of the Clean Water Act. If BP had a culture that included corporate social responsibility training and education, that promoted safety before profits, these two men would not be facing life in prison. David I. Rainey, the Deputy Incident Commander and BP’s second highest-ranking

What is an oil spill? When it comes to natural disasters, many people forget to mention oil spills. They also forget the depth of damage that a spill causes. The BP oil spill that occurred in April of 2010 was very detrimental and catastrophic to our environment, marine life, and consumer behavior.