By now, even those who don't normally follow the oil and gas industry are familiar with the human and environmental disaster that has come in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Millions of gallons of oil have leaked from the well that blew out after a ...
and oil spills can have long-term impacts on coral health. Studies have shown that exposure to oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill causedstress and tissue damagein Gulf of Mexico deep-sea corals.
the well's casing was finally installed. A total of $36.9 billion in losses have been calculated for BP, the environment, and the US gulf coast economy. The damages are attributed to three main causes: (a) equipment malfunction and human error at BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling ...
Deepwater Horizon: Regie: Peter Berg Mit Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont Die Kinobearbeitung einer Ölkatastrophe, als im April 2010 die vor der Küste verankerte Bohrplattform, Deepwater Horizon, explodierte und die gr
Controlled Burn (Image credit: Petty Officer First Class John Masson, , U.S. Coast Guard) A controlled burn of oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico.1...
Impact on Children and Families of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Findings of the Coastal Population Impact Study Although the ruptured Deepwater Horizon oil well was capped on July 15, 2010, an estimated 3 to 5 million barrels of oil spilled in to the Gulf of Mexico o... ...
Alongside this, theDeepwater Horizonincident arose because of regulatory failures. It was clear that the MineralManagement Service (MMS) regulatory system in place at the time was not fit for purpose to address the management of risks involved in deepwater drilling, or even more routine hydrocarbon...
Before being capped, the ruptured Deepwater Horizon oil well spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil in to the Gulf of Mexico, making it the largest accidental oil disaster in history. Experts have noted that the complexity of the spill, the multi-dimensional social and economic aspects...
Acute oiling in the Gulf of Mexico and the coastal habitats subsequent to the Deepwater Horizon platform collapse created visible impact on highly prominent vertebrates, particularly birds, marine mammals and turtles along the coast5. Subsequent to the spill, subsurface water and sediments in ...
Impact statement Remediating environmental disasters is essential for long-term human and environmental health. During the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, burning and flaring of oil and gas were used to remove these pollutants from the environment, but led to potentially high fine particulate mat...