Environmental impact of the deepwater horizon oil spill. From april 2010 to march 2011, all three of the worlds biggest sources of energy experienced serious, industrythreatening accidents. Bad management and a communications breakdown by bp and its macondo well partners caused the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, the white house. Transocean is the company that owned and staffed the deepwater horizon rig. The 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico has been described as the worst environmental disaster in the united states, releasing about 4. Bp oil spill blamed on management and communication. The april 20, 2010, explosion of the deepwater horizon offshore drilling rig.
The impacts of the deepwater horizon oil spill stretched beyond the. The explosion on the deepwater horizon oil platform and the consequent oil spill were terrible events. By the time the well was capped on july 15, 2010, nearly five million barrels of oil 205. Noaa studies documenting the impacts of the deepwater. Instead, t he technologies employed by bp to respond to the. A letter from our group chief executive how bp is changing. When the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in 2010, it resulted in the largest offshore oil spill in united states history.
The accident, which may be due more to negligence, is bad enough. Human induced disaster report bp deepwater horizon oil spill 2010. The complete story read the complete story of the devastating bp oil spill of 2010. Ive been watching bp carefully long before anyone heard of a top kill or lower marine riser package cap.
Aap, pehsu, aact and acmt information for clinicians on the oil spill affecting the gulf coast pdf, 296 kb pediatric environmental health specialty units, association of occupational and environmental clinics. On april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon mobile drilling unit exploded, caught fire, and. Bp under investigation april 22, 2010 oil leak found april 24, 2010. Commission on the bp deepwater horizon oil spill and offshore drilling. Safety measures are based on lessons learned from bp oil spill 28. At the height of operations summer of 2010, response personnel. The bp oil spill of 2010 was one of the largest in history. Noaa was on the scene from the earliest moments of the crisis, bringing more than 25 years of experience protecting and restoring our coasts from oil spills. Bp had workers on the doomed deepwater horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive gulf of mexico oil spill, but they were not consulted, the white house oil.
Wells drilled in the gulf of mexico by water depth, 19402010. Right from the beginning, weve followed our open government approach, which means providing the data as soon as we have it. A 2010 oil spill that occurred in the gulf of mexico as a result of the explosion and sinking of the deepwater horizon oil rig. The explosion started a chain of events resulting in the release of approximately 4. For 87 days, oil flowed from the seabed, resulting in what. Deepwater horizon and the gulf oil spill the key questions. Bp deepwater horizon oil spill and its economic impact. The rig was owned by an offshore drilling contractor. As part of our response to the ongoing bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico, weve been analyzing environmental conditions, including air, water, sediment, and oily wastes. Bp and the deepwater horizon disaster of 2010 mit sloan. Pdf social media, public participation, and the 2010 bp. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science. The 2010 deepwater horizon bp oil spill was a megadisaster characterized as the petroleum industrys largestvolume marine oil. While the fire on the platform was still being contained transocean and bp were assessing their options.
The 2010 deepwater horizon bp oil spill was a mega disaster characterized as the petroleum industrys largestvolume marine oil. Why was there an explosion and fire on deepwater horizon oil rig. The bp oil spill was not the worst environmental disaster in us history robert h. The deepwater horizon oil spill also referred to as the bp oil spill, the gulf of mexico oil spill, the bp oil disaster or the macondo blowout is an oil spill in gulf of mexico. Gulf of mexicos waters, plants, animals, and habitats. Detecting and mitigating oil spills background the deepwater horizon oil spill has revealed that the nations oil companies have spent very little money, when compared to their record breaking profits, to prevent and respond to oil spills. On april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded and sank into the gulf of.
William engdahl, 10 june 2010 the obama administration and senior bp officials are frantically working not to stop the worlds worst oil disaster, but to hide the true extent of the actual ecological catastrophe. Bp spill quality assurance sampling plan, executive. Deepwater horizon bp gulf of mexico oil spill on april 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig deepwater horizon, operating in the macondo prospect in the gulf of mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the deepwater horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. Both the spill and the cleanup efforts had effects on the environment. Quality assurance sampling plan, bp spill 622010 es2 in its response to the spill and sampling areas may shift if oil begins to impact other areas of shoreline. According to bps september 2010 report, the accident started with a well. The 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill was the largest offshore oil spill in u. Total cost of the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill. Methodlogy overview epa selected three potential areas of impact and will conduct sampling and monitoring in these three areas. Deepwater horizon bp gulf of mexico oil spill us epa.
Deepwater horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an april 20, 2010, explosion on the deepwater horizon oil riglocated in the gulf of mexico, approximately 41 miles 66 km off the coast of louisianaand its subsequent sinking on april 22. Pdf human induced disaster report bp deepwater horizon. On april 20, 2010, a british petroleum bp offshore oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers on the rig and spilling tens of thousands of barrels of crude oil into the gulf of mexico. Gulf oil spill could go years if not dealt with by f. Cumulatively, over the course of the spill, oil was detected on over 43,300 square miles. Repealing safety measures would disregard damage from bp oil spill 23. Economic theory dictates that the oil damage and restitution payments that resulted from the spill should be capitalized into property values. Coal mines in west virginia and china collapsed, bps deepwater horizon oil rig spewed 210 million gallons of oil into the gulf of. As of 2010, the deepwater horizon disaster was the largest marine oil spill ever to occur in u. Summary of information concerning the ecological and economic impacts of the bp deepwater horizon oil spill disaster. On april 20, 2010 the wellhead of the deepwater horizon dwh, an offshore oilrig operated by british petroleum bp in the gulf of mexico gom, exploded causing 4.
Facts about bp oil spill present the information about the deepwater horizon oil spill. The 2010 deepwater horizon bp oil spill was a megadisaster characterized as the petroleum industrys largestvolume marine oil spill in history. On april 20, 2010, an explosion on the deepwater horizon macondo oil well drilling platform tragically killed 11 workers, and started the largest marine oil spill in u. Marine life was not significantly affected by the 2010. The bp oil spill started on transoceanoperated macondo prospect in gulf of mexico 20 april 2010. Deepwater horizon oil spill, also called gulf of mexico oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an april 20, 2010, explosion on the deepwater horizon oil riglocated in the gulf of mexico, approximately 41 miles 66 km off the coast of louisianaand its subsequent sinking on. I lived in cleveland in 1979, when bp was acquiring standard oil of ohio and. Revisit the bp oil spill, 5 years later remnants remain five years after a bp oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico, killing 11 people.
Marine life was seriously threatened by the 2010 oil spill thomas shirley, as told to yale environment 360. On april 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig deepwater horizon, operating in the macondo prospect in the gulf of mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the deepwater horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. Yet oil companies continue to benefit from billions of dollars in tax subsidies, as well as. The bp oil spill was the worst environmental disaster in us history barack obama. Overview of the bp oil spill on april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded. Larissa graham, christine hale, emily maungdouglass, stephen sempier, tara skelton, ladon swann, and monica wilson. Criminal liability under wildlife laws congressional research service 1 introduction in april 2010 an explosion occurred on an oil rig in the gulf of mexico, reportedly killing 11 people, and, according to federal experts, causing the worst oil spill in u. Deepwater horizon oil spill final programmatic damage. The 2010 gulf oil spill was an occupational, environmental, and community health disaster.
The company lost 11 employees after losing 15 in a highprofile explosion at. Bps deepwater horizon oil well, located 5,000 feet below the oceans surface, leaked 5 million barrels 205. Media narratives of the deepwater horizon oil spill response laura li abstract this study identifies narratives of the response to the deepwater horizon oil spill of april 20, 2010. On tuesday, april 20, 2010, an explosion aboard the deep water horizon, located off if the coast of louisiana, sunk the drilling rig, causing oil to spill. Information for parents centers for disease control and prevention, u. Summary of information concerning the ecological and.
The effects of the bp deepwater horizon oil spill on. Bp hereafter leased mobile offshore drilling unit deepwater horizon, located in the macondo well, led to the death of 11 rig workers and spillage of tens of thousands of barrels of oil per day into the gulf of. A stakeholder analysis of the bp oil spill and the. Pdf in may, 2010, president obama created the bp oil commission to find the causes of the disaster. Gulf of mexico oil spill 2010 alabama department of. The 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill the blowout on april 20, 2010, and the subsequent explosion of bp exploration and production inc. This research examines how information about an oil spill, its impacts, and the use of dispersants to treat the oil, moved through social media and the surrounding internet during the 2010 bp deepwater horizon oil spill.
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