Research Paper On Bp Oil Spill

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

Whenever a man made creation harms the surrounding area, it is usually due to faulty human design or human error, as it was present in the BP oil spill. Similar cases were the Fukushima/Chernobyl Nuclear reactors. Both reactors similarly were a cause of human negligence. They underplayed the possibility of a large disaster occurring. All three disasters affected mostly people who were not directly involved with the blast. People had to be compensated for the drastic change in their lives, however, similarly in all cases, that was not enough. People still struggled to return back to everyday life as the conditions were no longer the same and various negative factors kept playing a constant role in helping them move backward. Fortunately, though, all three disasters were cleaned up to a point where people could start living their post-disaster life, maybe not to the full extent, but still moving the right direction. All these situations only took place because

Only five years ago thousands of birds, dolphins, and sea turtles were washing up on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico slicked and smothered by oil. The explosion of British Petroleum's Macondo oil rig off the coast on Louisiana was the largest environmental disaster to have occurred in the United States. This well leaked over 130 million gallons of light crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, destroying habitats and killing massive amounts of wildlife. Over eighty-seven days the oil spread through the water in a 21 mile plume, creating oil slicks on the surface of the water. Oil within the Gulf caused alarming short-term effects to wildlife in the initial days of the spill, but as these short term effects begin to disappear, BP was quick to claim

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was an oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by a faulty blowout preventer this is part of the oil rig that was designed by the workers as an emergency shutdown valve. As a result of this anywhere from 1,000 barrels of oil to 5,000 barrels of oil were lost over the course of 100 days. A blowout preventer is a machine on the oil rig for safety to shut down the flow of oil coming out of the well at the bottom of the seafloor. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill caused a good number of environmental damage as well as killed wildlife and has taken the lives of 11 workers that day. The oil would eventually make it’s way to coastlines (shorelines) of Texas , Florida , Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Since the Deepwater Horizon explosion happened nearly six years ago there have been countless reports on the explosion and scientific studies on what cause it as well as its impact. There have also been investigations into the internal workers of BP and they concerns about the rig prior to the explosion. This case brings up social, political and environmental issues to light and the approaches BP had to each of these issues.

On April 20, 2010, the British Petroleum (BP) leased Deepwater Horizon drilling rig took an unexpected kick of gas pressure from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The release ignited, and through the failure of the blowout preventers progressed into a firestorm. The fire consumed the drilling rig platform, sinking it, causing 11 casualties, and the subsequent release of 4.9 million barrels of oil into in the gulf before the release contained (British Petroleum). The incident is

Imagine working on a oil rig. Just another day, everything is going fine. Right? Later on, you try to get ready to go to sleep and stuff, and then..BOOM. The rig has just exploded. What would you do to survive?

BP, a leader in deep water oil drilling efforts, triggered the worst environmental disaster in America’s history, when on April 20, 2010 a gas release and subsequent explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The oilrig, which BP was leasing from Transocean, a Swiss company, was operating on the Macondo exploration well, which is located roughly 50 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion killed 11 workers, and injured 17 others, and dumped an estimated 205 million gallons of oil into 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.

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion started what would be the largest marine oil spill in U.S. waters to date. By the time the well was finally capped, nearly 5 million barrels or 205.8 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico (Robertson & Krauss, 2010). To put this into some context of comparison, the New Your Times did a calculation and estimated the oil flow to be the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez every 8 to 10 days – the spill lasted 83 to 87 days depending on sources. Now for the human cost – 11 died in this “accident” (Gillis & Fountain, 2010).

The spill flowed from the Deepwater Horizon rig, lasted 87 days, and released 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. My heart reached out for those who were affected, and I questioned how something so catastrophic could occur in what seemed to be a secure operation, so I began to research it myself. To my surprise, I found that a similar event occurred in 1988 due to inadequate safety procedures on a rig situated off the coast of Scotland, named Piper Alpha. The Piper Alpha crew attempted to use a pipe without proper maintenance being finished. This produced a gas leak that eventually ignited, causing a series of several explosions, catching the platform on fire, and finally sinking the derrick. If the Deepwater Horizon crews applied what should have been learned from the 1988 explosions there is a high probability that 2010 could have been avoided

On April 20, 2010 British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig located forty miles off the coast of Louisiana exploded due to high pressure of methane gas seeping into the drilling riser and expanding. The explosion killed 11 men working on the rig, injured 17 other, and causing millions of gallons of crude oil to begin spilling into the ocean. This tragic accident has left many question like why did this happen? What could have been done to prevent it? and can we assure a disaster like this never happens again? In this essay we will look to answer these questions in painstaking detail.

For 87 days oil spilled out of the failed BP Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer at an estimated 5,000 barrels per day. The enormous magnitude of this problem is almost impossible to measure due to the limited amount data available collect as only a significant amount that was released into the sea actually surfaced. As the majority of the oil has either spread throughout the Gulf of Mexico beneath the surface via currents or settled down at the bottom of the sea bed 5,000 feet below surface.

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, located in the Gulf of Mexico exploded killing 11 workers and injuring 17. The oil rig sank a day-and-a-half later. The spill was referred to as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP oil spill, Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and BP oil disaster. It was first said that little oil had actually leaked into the ocean but a little over a month later the estimate was 12,000-19,000 barrels of crude oil being leaked per day. Many attempts were made to stop the leak but all failed until they capped the leak on July 15, 2010, and on September 19 the federal government declared the well “effectively dead.” In the three months that it took to finally put a stop the leak, 4.9 million barrels of oil were

On April 20, the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to the largest accidental release of oil into marine waters in history. As a result, a huge loss of money and life was caused and affected serious environmental damage to wild animals and water pollution. BP was accused of their irresponsibility that it took 87 days before the well was closed and sealed. BP’s shares