Bp missed big hazards before gulf oil spill business. The prudhoe bay oil spill 2006 alaskan oil spill was an oil spill that was discovered on march 2, 2006 at a pipeline owned by bp exploration, alaska bpxa in western prudhoe bay, alaska. What is the best book to read about the deepwater horizon. Book printed material final report of the presidents national commission on the bp deepwater horizon oil spill and offshore drilling. Drowning in oil is a big book, as in heavy topics, one of which is bps blowout, a topic i know well. Marine life was not significantly affected by the 2010. As the bp oil spill civil trial begins this week, the federal government will attempt to prove whether british petroleum bp andor any of its contractors such as transocean rig, the owner and operator of the deepwater horizon oil rig, and halliburton hal, which was responsible for pouring the cement plugs in the well, were grossly negligent and thus financially liable in. Brownes bp costcutting led to gulf spill, book says reuters. Summary of information concerning the ecological and. Economic effects of the deepwater horizon oil spill. The bp oil spill was the worst environmental disaster in us history barack obama. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this.
It also has a section telling kids how to help reduce the usage of oil, indirectly reducing the amount of oil spills. Book links and an easy demonstration will help them understand how damaging an oil spill can be. Bp deepwater horizon oil spill and its economic impact. The bp oil spill disaster and the future of energy in america.
Citations for reference and further reading are included at the end of each chapter. The 2010 deepwater horizon bp oil spill was a megadisaster characterized as the petroleum industrys largestvolume marine oil spill in history. For a comprehensive and systematic walkthrough of how the bp spill played out before, during, and after the macondo blowout, this books a good pick. In the nine years since the spill occurred, pacific standard and our publishing partners have explored questions about the impact of the spill and its cleanup. Washington bp, running weeks behind schedule and tens of millions of dollars over budget in trying. The toxic reach of deepwater horizons oil spill was much. 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. 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 april 22. On april 20, 2010, the bp oil companys macondo well blew out in miledeep water in the gulf of mexico, causing the deepwater horizon drill rig to explode, killing 11 workers, injuring 17 others. A timeline of the gulf oil spill, from the deepwater horizon rig explosion that began it, to the containment cap that has slowed the flow of oil. Scientists noted that the prevailing paths of the gulf of mexicos loop current and a detached eddy located to the west kept much of the oil, which covered a sizable part of the. Bp oil spill may have contributed to dolphin deaths, study. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Disasters paperback march 1, 2011 by peter benoit author.
Roma gans is an expert in early childhood education, professor emeritus of teachers college, columbia university, and cofounder and editor of the. The book spans 118 pages, and lists the contact details of over 1,200 oil spill clean up contractors in 50 countries including north america and canada. Bp s clumsy response to oil spill threatens to make a bad situation worse chief executive tony haywards comments have done little to. Bp oil spill timeline deepwater horizon oil spill the. Briefly explain your role in the cleanup efforts of the bp oil spill along the gulf coast in 2010. Steffy says the catastrophe was inevitable given bps history and culture, about which the book centers.
Oil spill response plan annex a offshore containment and recovery tactical response plan. The real life bp oil spill of 2010 is mostly remembered as an environmental catastrophe for the monthslong oil hemorrhage spewing from the blownout well 5,000 feet below the waters surface. Food web of gulf of mexico hawk shark pipe fish red snipper squid effects on ecosystem salmon carbon cycle the oil spill killed many plants and animals which contained carbon. Download the free 2010 gulf coast oil spill e book here. The public image of oil giant bp plc has taken some huge hits since the 2010 gulf of mexico oil spill but a new book purporting to look inside. Actually a very good read, the book is a great historical treatise about bp, at the sacrifice of specifics about the blowout. I wish i could say, if you were going to read just one book on the oil spill, it should be x, but frankly each of these books offers pretty different. The bp oil spill introduction in 2010, bp s deepwater horizon rig exploded, causing millions of barrels of crude oil to be leaked out into the gulf of mexico. Melvin berger is the author of many classic lrfos, including germs make me sick. The story of how a chain of failures, missteps, and bad decisions led to americas biggest environmental disaster. The deepwater horizon oil drilling rig burning at a well in the gulf of mexico in april 2010. The bp deepwater horizon offshore oil rig burning in 2010. I was the chief operating officer for a company that was bp s prime contractor in.
Between january and april 2011, 186 dead bottlenose dolphins washed. The deepwater horizon disaster in book form mother jones. Page on its free to the public for download, but you can buy a copy if you want. Each chapter of the 2010 gulf coast oil spill includes simple explanations of scientific concepts and industry terms, making the subject matter accessible to any reader. 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. On september 5, 2014, a federal judge ruled that bp was. An indepth look at the claims filing process and continuing litigation in response to the gulf coast. Use this oil spill lesson plan to teach young students about the effects of an oil spill on the environment. Did the government change anything after the bp spill.
The bp spill was the largest offshore oil spill in u. Animals release carbon, and plants absorb carbon through photosynthesis. Exploring the technical side of things without sacrificing readability, the authors explain the disaster in its social, political, and scientific contexts. In the bp oil spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the gulf of mexico for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in u. The bp oil spill that started below the deepwater horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico. Bp focused too much on the little details of personal worker safety instead of the big systemic hazards that led to the 2010 gulf of mexico oil spill. Bps clumsy response to oil spill threatens to make a bad. The 2010 bp oil spill contributed to an unusually high death rate for dolphins in the gulf of mexico, a new study suggests. House of representatives, one hundred twelfth congress, first session, wednesday, january 26, 2011. Drowning in oil is a big book, as in heavy topics, one of which is bp s blowout, a topic i know well. The gulf oil disaster and the future of offshore drilling. Few of the books that have been written about the bp oil leak that began last april 20 with the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling rig. Oil spills stain peruvian amazon scientific american. Hayward, and bp in general, initially downplayed the spill.
Marine life was seriously threatened by the 2010 oil spill thomas shirley, as told to yale environment 360. This article covers the effect of the deepwater horizon disaster and the resulting oil spill on global and national economies and the energy industry weeks after the event, and while it was still in progress, the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill was being discussed as a disaster with far reaching consequences sufficient to impact global economies, marketplaces and policies. Initial estimates of the fiveday leak said that up to 267,000 us gallons 6,400 bbl were spilled over 1. On 20 april 2010, an explosion occurred on the deepwater horizon oil rig, operated by bp. Eleven people were killed in the blast and oil began to leak from the ocean floor at a rate variously estimated to be between 5,000 barrels 790 m 3 and 100,000 barrels 16,000 m 3 per day. Gloria zuniga y postigo february 29, 2016 argumentative essay. Bp oil spill cleanup operations environment the guardian.
Little black book of oil spill response contractors. Steffy, a business columnist for the houston chronicle, sold a book to mcgrawhill in early july that will focus on bp. Final report of the presidents national commission on the. The bp oil spill was not the worst environmental disaster in us history robert h. Publishers have bought at least six books relating to the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling rig in the gulf of mexico on april 20, and. Steffy says the catastrophe was inevitable given bp s history and culture, about which the book centers. Discover the events surrounding the 2010 british petroleumdeepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico. It also highlights ways scientists clean up both small and large oil spills. Few of the books that have been written about the bp oil leak that began last april 20 with the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling rig are good history, and time is the primary culprit, mohan writes. This directory has been in publication since 2001 and is the only directory dedicated to listing oil spill contractors world wide.