Furthermore, it was reported that in Louisiana at the beginning of the spill more than 300 people became sick and 75% of those folks that became ill were working on the cleanup effort. The symptoms appeared to be caused by exposure to hydrocarbons or hydrogen sulfide, but the exact cause of the illnesses was not determined (Solomon and Janssen 2010)
3 million travelers in the latter half of 2010 -- an estimated economic benefit of $5.3 billion for the city that year (Bruce, BP's Image)
Fishermen, scientists, and seafood processors blame the 2010 BP oil disaster. The solvents used to clean up the spill were powerful enough to dissolve oil, grease and rubber (Guarino, BP Oil Settlement)
The oil and gas industry developed new technologies in pursuit of valuable energy supplies, venturing into deeper waters farther from the coastline (National Commission, 85). Regulators, however, failed to keep up with the industrial expansion and new technology -- often because of industry's resistance to more effective oversight (Juhas 11)
Companies cited for negligence included well owner BP, Switzerland-based rig owner Transocean and cement contractor Halliburton. A major blowout -- a high-pressure ball of gas, mud and oil that shot up from the oil reservoir -- killed eleven crewmembers and seriously injured several others (Klein 12)
Over 3 million people took recreational fishing trips in the Gulf in 2008 (National Commission 101). At the peak of the disaster, 40% of Gulf waters were closed to commercial and recreational fishing, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Schnoor 17)
S. government used a number of mitigation techniques to stop the spread of the spill -- corexit, controlled burns, booms around vulnerable wetlands, skimming -- but the scale and geographical scope of the spill proved too much (Sisson, 20)
" (90) There are also speculations that certain time and money-saving decisions resulted in increased safety risks that personnel had not fully considered. One cost cutting decision was to install a continuous set of threaded casing pipes from the wellhead down to the bottom of its well (Smith 28)
BP Oil Disaster Impact and Lessons Learned On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon spill dumped more than 4.1 million barrels of crude into the Gulf region over 87 days (Walsh et al
BP Oil Disaster Impact and Lessons Learned On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon spill dumped more than 4.1 million barrels of crude into the Gulf region over 87 days (Walsh et al
Scientists are still assessing the effects of the estimated 170 million gallons of oil that flooded into the Gulf. More than 8,000 birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals were found injured or dead in the six months after the spill (Weeks 682)
For this reason mass media is considered an indispensible though not a completely reliable source of information when it comes to disasters. (Wilkinson 1999)
(Tierney et al. 2006) When it comes primarily to discursive context of environmental hazards like BP oil spoil, it is believed that context is grounded in cultural and political views of a community (Best, 1991)
was presented in the discursive context to stress the importance of military's role in disaster management. (Tierney et al
BP will spend $6 billion to hire 4,000 people to clean up the spill. This contributes more than the $700 million lost in fishing and tourism revenues and the 3,000 jobs lost to the six-month deep-water drilling moratorium (Amadeo, 2013, Could oilzilla be good)
BP will spend $6 billion to hire 4,000 people to clean up the spill. This contributes more than the $700 million lost in fishing and tourism revenues and the 3,000 jobs lost to the six-month deep-water drilling moratorium (Amadeo, 2013, Could oilzilla be good)
A total of 6,500 vessels were used in the cleanup and as of the end of 2011, BP had spent $14 billion (£8.6 billion) on its response" (Ellinor 2012)
Crude oil prices can affect the cost of gasoline, which in turn impacts transportation costs as well. But the impact of scarcity turned out to be overstated: in the immediate post-spill aftermath, the price of gas climbed only five cents, and it is difficult to assess the long-term causes of any subsequent spike or a dip in gas prices, given how many contributing factors are at play (Woodyard 2010)
"In the six weeks since the explosion that killed 11 workers and started the leak, wildlife officials say at least 491 birds, 227 turtles and 27 mammals, including dolphins, have been found dead along the U.S. Gulf coast" (Adam)
Liquid gas became gaseous, started of a series of explosions, and led to a massive storm of fire covering most of the rig. The blowout preventer proved to be unsuccessful in stopping oil from climbing up and workers came to do anything in their power in order to avoid falling victim to the conflagration (Eley)