English 1301, 9:05 MW P. Schmidt, HLN Paper# 3 Research Paper October 22, 2014 After the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a research by Douglas. B. Inkley shows that scientists are still assessing the effects of the estimated 170 million gallons of oil that flooded into the Gulf after the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The effects of oil spills can have wide ranging impacts that are often portrayed by the media as long lasting environmental disasters. Such perceptions are understandable
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill On April 20, 2010, an event occurred in the Gulf of Mexico that changed the life of many of the citizens living near and around the area. The event would be known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which was triggered by an explosion on a Deepwater Horizon oil rig resulting “in the deaths of 11 workers and injuries to another 17 workers” (NIOSH, 2011). Millions of barrels of oil were believed to have leaked into the Gulf, damaging resources
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“The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.” Marquis Vauvenargues (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.mcwdn.org/ECONOMICS/Industry.html This week we will tackle critically important issues related to oil. Where do YOU fit in? Canada + Oil = Who Knew? Check out the top petroleum exporters to the USA....you might be surprised! http://205.254.135.24/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import
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Mohamed Mahmoud ENG 108 Professor Jamie Bonell 06 October 2015 Article Critique “An Oil Spill’s Aftermath,” written by Beth Mole is about North America’s largest oil spill noted to be visible from space. The spill occurred following an explosion of a Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico by the oil company BP. Killing 11 rig workers, this was the beginning of an 87-day eruption totaling of about 5 million barrels of oil and hundreds of thousands of metric tons of gas gushing from the
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BP OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR THE DEEP HORIZON – WHY DID IT FAIL? Toni Josina Elfrieda Beukes* May 2012† ABSTRACT: Based on events that unfolded in the U.S. in the weeks and subsequently months of the Macondo well blow-out, it is clear that neither industry nor government was equipped to deal with a spill the scale and complexity of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. As one of its key recommendations to President Obama for addressing the causes
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Crisis Management Final Paper Known as the “Mediterranean of the Americas,” the Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. It extends roughly 995 miles from east to west and 560 miles from north to south. The Gulf is bordered by The United States to the North, Mexico to the west and south, and Cuba to the southeast (The Environmental Protection Agency, 2012). The Gulf connects to the Atlantic Ocean through a current from the Yucatan Straight, circulating around
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liability for oil spills caused by tankers and drilling vessels in the United States' territorial waters. It was designed to improve the nation’s ability to prevent and respond to oil spills. “OPA 0f 1990 was enacted largely because of the Exxon Valdez spill in March 1989”. (Griggs, 2011) Its general provisions consist of the following: * Providing a comprehensive legal framework that establishes federal management and control of oil spills, and federal control of containment, removal, recovery
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The Exxon Valdez Oil spill was a major oil spill that occurred on March 1989 in William Sound Alaska. A oil tanker ship struck a coral reef and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into the water of the Prince Williams Sounds. There was over 1,990 kilometers of shoreline contaminated and eventually covered 11,000 square miles of the ocean. It also killed many animals in the immediate days following the spills; 2,000 sea otters, 302 harbor seals, about 250,000 seabirds, a couple dozen wales, and
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lives is immeasurable, the costs of lost profits from the spilling oil, and the clean-up, are astronomical. The consequences of oil spills are not only immediate, but can also be felt for years after. Similar to the BP oil spill, in 1989 the Exxon Valdez ship ran aground spilling an estimated 750 thousand barrels of crude oil, an amount that equals almost 10 million gallons, into the waters of Prince William Sound. Litigation from this incident alone was continued into 2008 and cost the Exxon corporation
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QUESTIONS 1. How does managing risk in the oil and gas industry relate to reducing accidents? 2. Managing risk relates to the oil and gas industry by first off keeping the environment and public safety at a high and safe level. By keeping a safe environment that will reduce the chance of oil leaks, spills, and also explosions. Not only will it affect the community and the public, but also the stakeholders reputation and public pressure and criticism that they have to further deal with.
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