Oil spill

and Scientific Coordinators Workshop 2004 The Environmental Impact Of Marine Oil Spills Effects, Recovery and Compensation Dr. Brian Dicks Technical Team Manager, International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd Paper presented at the International Seminar on Tanker Safety, Pollution Prevention, Spill Response and Compensation, 6th November 1998, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil INTRODUCTION The short-term effects of oil spills on marine species and communities are well known and predictable. However, concerns

On April 20th, 2010 forty miles of the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest oil spill in the United States occurred. The explosion on the British Petroleum oil rig killed eleven people and injured seventeen others resulting in eleven counts of manslaughter, two misdemeanors, and a felony against the corporate giant. The spill caused 200 million gallons of crude oil to be pumped into the waters, which lasted a total of eighty-seven days. Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi

it. The Deepwater Horizon spill, better knows as the “BP Oil Spill” was an eighty seven oil spill effecting the entire Gulf of Mexico. The oil spill which occurred in 2010 is still the largest accidental oil spill in the history of petroleum industry (CNN). Economists are still working to this day to diminish the severity of the oil spill, and the long-lasting problems that have came with it. Since then prevention became the key component solution to prevent accidental oil pollution. With over 4.2

The BP oil spill was one of the worst oil spills to ever happen in the US. There are many factors that caused this horrible spill to happen; to be exact there were eight failures of the oilrig that caused this disaster. The first failure was the cement at the bottom of the borehole was not sealed properly. This caused the oil and gas to start leaking into the pipe leading to the surface of the rig. The second failure was that the valve leading to the surface was sealed improperly with cement. In

How have oil spills affected the world? Has there been efforts to make sure the number of oil spills are minimized? Oil Spills have been harming the environment for a very long time. The largest oil spill to ever occur took place in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, 2010. Twenty million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. The second biggest oil spill took place in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico 1979. The third biggest oil spill took place in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Scientists have

Oil spills wreak havoc on many different factors of the world. They can negatively impact the environment, specifically marine life, and economic industries, as well. Most oil spills occur when a large amount of oil is released due to accidents of vehicles or machinery. Although it can occur anywhere, it’s most visible in oceans or bodies of water. Spills can be because of human error or accident, natural disasters, or faulty equipment. Additional problems arise because spills take a significant

has experienced a series of oil spill accidents since it was established, however, the 2010 oil spill was considered the worst oil spill accident in the company’s history. The drilling rig in the Deepwater Horizon exploded and killed 11 workers and released thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico (Arnold & McKay 16). The accident affected different states along the coastline including Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. In addition, the oil spill affected the wild life as

cases have been heard of destruction of the fertile area of Niger delta due to oil spills. The most affected area is in Nigeria where reports state that there have been more than 400 tons spills. The major reason given behind the spills is due to human mistakes. In a report provided by the national oil spills detection in Nigeria indicated that there were more than 1200 oil spill sites that had been left out by the oil companies by the year 2008 along the Niger delta. Even though the Niger delta from

5. Discussion 5.1. Global oil spill history and Arctic oil spill risk From Fig.26. it can be deduced that mostly boats are involved when it comes to oil spills (89 incidents, 54%). On the other hand the least amount of incidents involved events classified as “other” (9 incidents, 5%). However, when seeing the results of Fig.27. which takes into account the amount of oil spilled, boats are still in the lead (45%), closely followed by platforms (33%). When the number of incidents are taken into account

due to oil consuming the shoreline? I was just in middle school when I took a family vacation to Alabama, and shortly I realized this vacation wouldn’t be near as much fun as I had planned on it being. At the time, I had no idea why and how oil had accumulated in mass amounts on the beaches and in the water. However, years later I learned of the United States largest environmental disaster ever to happen, known as the BP Oil Spill. What regulations should be passed to ensure us all that an oil spill