Gulf Oil Spill

There are many things that threaten the oceans, too much fishing, global warming, but perhaps the most severe and public threat of oil spills. Oil spills occur worldwide from several sources. Used motor oil, land drainage, and regular maintenance of vessels produce more waste than large oil spills, we often hear. Until 1967, the world paid no attention to the waste oil, has not been a major spill off the coast of England. There is still waste oil today from all kinds of different sources, but the world recognizes it and there was no action taken in the past decade to combat it(Baca, 27).

BP is responsive for Gulf Oil Spill because the spill caused significant damage to marine and wildlife habitats, and fishing the Gulf and tourism. Skimmer vessels, floating containment booms, anchor barriers and sand-filled barricades along the coastline have been used in an attempt to protect hundreds of miles of beaches, marshes and estuaries from the spread of oil. Scientists also reported huge underwater jet dissolved oil is not visible on the surface. The U.S. government has named BP as a responsible party, and officials have committed themselves to holding the company responsible for all cleanup costs and other damages. Following its own internal probe, BP acknowledged that made mistakes that led to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

According to BP, estimates of the oil flow were very difficult, as there was no submarine accounting at the wellhead and for natural gas in the outflow. The company initially refused to allow scientists to conduct more accurate, independent measure, saying it has no relation to the reaction and that such efforts might detract from efforts to stop the flow. Former administrator of the Environmental Carol Browner and Congressman Ed Mark (D-MA) both accused BP having owned a financial interest in minimizing the size of the leak in part because they have to pay the fine based on the number of oil spills(Baca, 27).

However, Transocean is now on the defensive about their role in the accident, and their actions can cause BP to provide more information about the crash. Transocean is the owner of an oil rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf. BP's lease and run the installation at the time of the explosion. Now, Transocean under fire for their possible role in the disaster (249 lawsuits and counting), they're going after the BP(Baker, 33).

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