UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY SEMINAR PRESENTATION ON CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS USED IN BIOREMEDIATING OIL SPILLS BY UPORO VICTOR BARIBEFE U2006/5581377 COURSE CODE: ICH 400.2 COURSE TITTLE: UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR COURSE LECTURER: MR. GODSON IWUOHA SEPTEMBER‚ 2010 Table
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1989 Exxon Valdez spill Causes Exxon Shipping Company failed to supervise the master and provide a rested and sufficient crew for Exxon Valdez. The National Transportation Shipping Board found this was widespread throughout the industry‚ prompting a safety recommendation to Exxon and to the industry. The third mate failed to properly manoeuvre the vessel‚ possibly due to fatigue or excessive workload. Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System
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The Hebei Spirit Oil Spill (HSOS) in December 7‚ 2007 spilled approximately 10‚900 tons of crude oil in about 10 km off the Taean coastline in South Korea. Due to the astronomical and irrecoverable damage upon the marine ecosystem and the overall living standards of the residents‚ the oil spill accident has been notoriously named as the “worst oil spill accident” occurred in Korea. Nevertheless‚ though almost a decade have passed since the outbreak of the HSOS in Korea‚ it appears that compensation
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killed 11 workers. The Deepwater Horizon accident‚ also known as the BP Oil Spill‚ was a project failure of immense proportions. It went from an oil exploration “project” to a massive program with portfolios of projects related to dealing with the families of those killed on the oil rig‚ stopping the oil leak‚ capturing the oil (from the well and from the ocean)‚ cleaning the environment (seashores‚ wetlands‚ Gulf of Mexico)‚ saving and cleaning wildlife (underwater and on shores)‚ responding to
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run‚ then what’s the point? They would just assume the risk and move on. And why wouldn’t they‚ they are a for-profit business. Its only after an accident happens that they look to safety to save them money. British Petroleum’s Deep Water Horizon oil spill is a prime example. A friend of mine actually worked for BP as a fire protection supervisor leading up to this accident. He told me that on an inspection of that rig a year earlier‚ he recommended 3 million dollars in upgrades. Of course‚ they didn’t
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In late March of 1989‚ an oil tanker by the name of Exxon Valdez spilled between eleven and 38 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound in Alaska. This spill was caused by various influential factors‚ but perhaps one of the most important would be Exxon Shipping Company’s inability to oversee the condition of the crew‚ leading to a fatigued navigator who led the vessel astray‚ which resulted in the massive spill. This oil‚ which is‚ of course‚ hazardous to living creatures‚ resulted
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S.O.S.E Script For more than 100 years‚ oils spills have been affecting most of our oceans‚ with a lot of oil pollution. This is a major problem and occurs around most of the world and sometimes in the same ocean a numerous amount of times. Oil spills‚ not only affect our oceans beauty but affect the marine life as well. But sometimes there is no way to prevent oil spills. A majority of oils spills are spilt into the oceans due to harsh water conditions or a hurricane. The U.S. Environmental
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According to the U.S. Department of Energy‚ 1.3 million gallons of petroleum are spilled in U.S. waters from vessels and pipelines in a typical year. A major spill could easily double that amount. Oil spills are one of the biggest and overall worst environmental disasters. These spills happen for many reasons. Some of these reasons include: people making mistakes or being careless‚ equipment breaking down‚ natural disasters such as hurricanes‚ deliberate acts by terrorists‚ countries at war‚ vandals
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receiving a respectable or bad service. It can be argued that individuals have the rights to make reasonable claims on society or other individuals. 2.0 CASE STUDY On April 20‚ 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field‚ during the final phases of drilling the exploratory well at Macondo‚ experienced an explosion and sank 50 miles off the
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12 1999 the Maltese oil tanker Erica sunk in the Bay of Biscay outside the French coast of Brittany. The vessel had broken in two spilling an amount close to 19800 tones of heavy fuel oil. Additionally 6400 tones remained in the bow section of the sunken vessel and approximately 4800 tones in the stern section. Even though all crew members were rescued‚ this event would inevitably turn out to a huge disaster. Most of all because of the environmental consequences of the oil spill. In this paper I
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