behind schedule from the beginning‚ and the Deepwater Horizon rig had been sent into order to drill quickly. On the morning of April 20‚ crews were performing a negative pressure test‚ which resulted in oil and gas seeping into the well. Eventually‚ a significant amount of oil and gas‚ perhaps hundreds of barrels worth‚ moved up the well past the Deepwater Horizon’s blowout preventer. This material pushed its way up the riser pipe to the rig itself‚ resulting in a significant
Premium Petroleum Oil spill Exxon Valdez oil spill
summary of the blowout and discusses how the subject could be implemented as a learning tool for young engineering students. The article begins by discussing the events of the Deepwater blowout. The Deepwater Horizon was a semisubmersible floating oil rig operating in the Gulf of Mexico during the late 2000’s. Built by
Premium Petroleum Oil spill Exxon Valdez oil spill
safety issue that I chose was the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The BP oil spill was the largest oil spill in United States history. This oil spill occurred due to a methane leak‚ and an explosion‚ causing a fire aboard an offshore oil drilling rig. The explosion damaged the pipeline‚ causing pressurized oil‚ to gush into the ocean. The company BP first BP denied any responsibility and that the oil spill will only have a minimum impact. After 87 days of the oil spill happening‚ BP finally
Premium Oil spill Drilling rig Petroleum
explosion in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ in the Gulf of Mexico‚ established on the Mocando exploration well designed for BP. The explosion took the lives of 11 individual’s and rendered 17 severely injured. Furthermore‚ it led to devastating impacts on the environment‚ polluting both‚ the land and the seas. The Deepwater Horizon was essentially a massive floating deep water drilling rig‚ which could operate in depth of as much as 10‚000 feet under water. The drilling rig was owned by Transocean. At the
Premium Petroleum Drilling rig Exxon Valdez oil spill
AP Environmental Science Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The BP Disaster The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the most infamous industrial environmental disasters ever. On April 20‚ 2010‚ a marine oil-drilling dig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded‚ releasing hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This explosion resulted in the loss of human life‚ massive environmental damage‚ and widespread damage to the livelihood of people living along the
Premium Petroleum Drilling rig Oil well
The 20th of April 2010 will be marked as the worst day in British Petroleum PLC’s history‚ the day that there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig whilst drilling in the Gulf of Mexico‚ killing 11 people and causing devastation to all the surrounding areas. The events of this day affected the global markets and relationships between countries substantially. ¹Daniels et al. (2009) states that globalisation is “The broadening set of interdependence relationships among people from
Premium Petroleum Oil spill Exxon Valdez oil spill
aware of the risks that we will face while working on the oil rig? Let me give you the picture. (Slide 3) This is called a blowout. Scary isn’t it? You can see the scenery on how the fire burns down the platform‚ the explosion‚ the chaos. Can we imagine ourselves if we happen to be there at that time? All of this is because of a single blowout. The largest accidental oil rig blowout in the world was during the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on the 20th April 2010 at the Gulf of Mexico‚ Louisiana
Premium Oil well Drilling rig Petroleum
ASSINGMENT 1 PCB 3073 PRODUCTION ENGINEERING II OFFSHORE STRUCTURES MAY 2013 SEMESTER Lecturer: Dr. ALIYU ADEBAYO SULAIMON Group members: No | Name | ID | 1 | LUIS FAUSTINO EDU ANGUE | 13973 | 2 | MEHDII NIKFEKR | 15744 | 3 | ELAMIN MOHAMED ELAMIN | 15795 | 4 | UMOH ETIMBUK BASSEY | 15649 | 5 | SHERZOD KAMILOV | 14181 | This assignment is based on a comparative analysis of offshore structures. FIXED PLATFORMS BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Fixed platforms‚ like the name
Premium Oil platform Drilling rig Petroleum
The Gulf oil spill exploded on April 20th‚ 2010. It is known as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. 11 people died along with the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The oil pipe was leaking oil 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana and was estimated of leaking 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The well was located 5‚000 feet beneath the ocean surface. It took them 87 days to finally cap the well. At that point the damage had already been done. Oil reached the shores of Alabama‚
Premium Petroleum Oil spill Exxon Valdez oil spill
should focus on other ways of getting energy besides drilling‚ especially off shore. We all have seen what can happen if something go wrong when we drill off shore. I don’t feel that we know enough information about drilling deep water. According to Margolis‚ “ water pressure at those depths is more than 200 times that of the atmosphere at the surface‚ and no one knew what all the heat‚ gas‚ and salt below the seafloor might do to the drilling equipment”(Margolis‚ 2010‚ para.). If the pressure
Premium Drilling rig