Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Impact, Resolution, and Recommendations

This presentation discusses the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which occurred in Alaska in 1989, and its impact on the environment, the company, and the people. It also covers the resolution of the issue through mechanical clean up and community support, as well as recommendations for proper maintenance, supervision, and training to prevent such incidents in the future.

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Introduction
•Exxon Valdez- oil tanker
•Spilled huge amount of crude oil
in Alaska
•Second largest oil spill
•Size of the spill- 40900 to
120000 meter cube

About Exxon Valdez
• Owned by Exxon Shipping Company
• Length of the tanker- 301 m
• Width of the tanker- 51 m
• Depth of the tanker- 26 m
• Hit Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef
• Estimated earnings in 2015- $16.2
billion
• Payment for oil spill- $2 billion

Summary of oil spill
• Occurred in Prince William Sound,
Alaska
• Date- 24 March 1989
• Time 12:04 am
• 10.8 million US gallons crude oil
spillage in few days

Continued…
• Remote location
• Difficulty in accessibility
• Delayed response to reduce the effect
• Loss of habitat for aquatic species

Factors responsible for
the issue
•Failure in supervision
•Failure in planning the vessel
•Failure in proper maintenance

Resolving the issue
• Mechanical clean up
• Support of more than 11000 Alaska
residents
• Exxon employees took help of the residents
to restore the environment
• Rocky inlets of Prince William sound were
displaced with hot water under tremendous
pressure

Impact on Exxon Valdez
•Extreme criticism
•Loss in revenue
•Loss of trust among people
•Payment of penalty to cover up
the issue

Recommendation
•Proper maintenance
•Checking the equipments
•Supervision of the employees
•Proper training of the captain

Conclusion
•Destruction of sea life
•Loss of reputation of Exxon
•Delayed response in mitigating
the issue
•Lack of awareness among the
members

References
• Rice, S. and Peterson, C., 2018. Foreword: The
evolution from species-specific damage
assessment to ecosystem centric studies over
the multi-decade period following the Exxon
Valdez oil spill.
• Esler, D., Ballachey, B.E., Bowen, L., Miles,
A.K., Dickson, R.D. and Henderson, J.D., 2017.
Cessation of oil exposure in harlequin ducks
after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Cytochrome
P4501A biomarker evidence. Environmental
toxicology and chemistry, 36(5), pp.1294-1300.

Continued…
• Esler, D., Ballachey, B.E., Matkin, C., Cushing, D.,
Kaler, R., Bodkin, J., Monson, D., Esslinger, G. and
Kloecker, K., 2017. Timelines and mechanisms of
wildlife population recovery following the Exxon
Valdez oil spill. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical
Studies in Oceanography.
• Shelton, A.O., Hunsicker, M.E., Ward, E.J., Feist, B.E.,
Blake, R., Ward, C.L., Williams, B.C., Duffy-Anderson,
J.T., Hollowed, A.B., Haynie, A.C. and Handling
editor: Ken Andersen, 2017. Spatio-temporal models
reveal subtle changes to demersal communities
following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. ICES Journal of
Marine Science, 75(1), pp.287-297.