Marine and Air Pollution - Case

Running head: MARINE AND AIR POLLUTION
MARINE AND AIR POLLUTION
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................2
Incident:...........................................................................................................2
How and why it happened:...........................................................................2
Consequences:................................................................................................3
Environmental consequences:......................................................................3
Health consequences:..................................................................................3
Impacts of the Incident:...................................................................................4
Recommendation:............................................................................................4
References:......................................................................................................5

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Introduction:
On 20th of April, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon, which is an oil drilling
rig, was operating in the Gulf of Mexico in Macondo Prospect, when it
exploded and then sank in the water body. This incident led to the death of
11 workers and this is regarded as the highest amount of oil spill in the
whole history of marine operations of oil drillings. This single incident
imposed many environmental impacts and the consequences were harmful
for the surrounding environment.
Incident:
This oil spill that resulted in a fatal circumstance for 11 of the workers,
spilled 4 million barrels and this oil spilled from the destroyed Macondo and
was intact on the water body for well over 87 days. Only after the time
period of 87 days, it was possible to finally cap the spill on 15th of July, 2010
(Michel et al., 2013). United States filed their complaint against BP
Exploration & Production in the District Court. Every other defendant who
was responsible for such a disastrous spill was complaint against with serious
allegations.
How and why it happened:
The disaster of Deepwater Horizon is an incident that is classically
described as some of low probability but when it happened it had high
impact. One of the reasons why such a disaster took place is that the pre-