11‚ 2006‚ MT Solar I sank in the waters off Guimaras Island and dumped into the sea an estimated half of the 2.19 million liters of industrial fuel oil it was carrying. Since then‚ the Philippine Coast Guard has sprayed 115‚600 liters of chemical dispersants to contain the damage. But‚ the big question is this. What is the best way to clean up the oil slick? According to the PCG‚ the best way to do it is through the use of chemical dispersants. However‚ my opinion is different. I believe that the
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The controversial methods and actions of oil companies to extract/transport their products‚ such as fracking‚ have to be banned and prevented immediately and companies must find more efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to extract/transport these natural resources in order to keep the environment safe. With methods such as fracking being used to excavate the oil that is used today‚ damage done to the environment and different species of animals is inevitable with controversial methods. As
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errors. Those errors originated with a team of BP engineers in Houston‚ such as 1. Fewer barriers to gas flow 2. Fewer centralizers to keep cement even 3. No bond log to check cement integrity 4. Pressure test misinterpreted 5. Mud barrier removed early 6. Blowouts preventer failed. 2. In the months following the Gulf oil disaster‚ wildlife managers‚ rescue crews scientists and researchers saw many immediate impacts of the oil impacting wildlife. Oil coated birds’ feathers‚ causing birds to lose
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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 feel like it was worth it
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Mutations A mutation is a type of change that happens in our DNA sequence. Some of the most common mutations are‚ a duplication where a body part is copied one or more times. Some more common mutations are a deletion where the number of DNA bases are changed‚ and another common mutation is an insertion where more DNA bases are added. A nucleotide mutation repeats short DNA sequences a number of times in a row. A substitution is where one or more bases in the DNA sequence is replaced by the same number
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National Commission on the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released a report in January 2011 to the President of the United States indicating that the April 20th‚ 2011 Deep Water Horizon’s explosion and the resulting oil spill at the Macondo well was a foreseeable and preventable disaster. The Commission’s report indicated that a number of easily identifiable mistakes by British Petroleum‚ Transocean‚ and Halliburton ultimately led to the devastating oil spill which lasted 87 days
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Environmental Law; BP &Deepwater Drilling BP P.L.C. is a company that has been in the energy business for more than a century. This corporation has been improving its operations in different parts of the world thanks to its constant research‚ and it has become a world leader as an oil and gas producer. Also‚ it is one of the pioneers in deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico‚ and it is the largest lease holder in the United States with more than 650 lease blocks in waters greater than 1‚250 feet
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the first species to become endangered because of global warming and climate change. One of the greatest factors of climate change is caused by the greenhouse effect. This is due to human activity such as burning gasoline to drive vehicles‚ burning oil‚ coal or wood to produce electricity for heating and cooling and burning forests to clear land. The greenhouse effect has the potential to reach levels of heat that our world has never seen before; our polar bears live in the arctic where they rely
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Original Article Peter has been working with the Bigness Oil Company’s local affiliate for several years‚ and he has established a strong‚ trusting relationship with Jesse‚ manager of the local facility. The facility‚ on Peter’s recommendations‚ has followed all of the environmental regulations to the letter‚ and it has a solid reputation with the state regulatory agency. The local facility receives various petrochemical products via pipelines and tank trucks‚ and it blends them for resale to the
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drilling to occur then one spill could wipe out quite a few of our beautiful beaches and end the vacations for years. Let’s start at the BP spill off the coast of Louisiana. That spill all started because the number three engine took in highly carbonated air and it mixed with the fuel mixture and blew up. When it blew up it killed all the generators which in turn stopped them from being able to cap the well and detach from it. There is an EDS system that the off shore oil rigs use to disconnect from
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