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How are oil spills preventable?

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Why is it difficult to clean up the Gulf of Mexico's oil spill?

Oil spills are difficult to clean up in general. If oil spills from a tanker, the most oil than can go into the water body is the volume of oil in a tanker. However in this case, the well is producing approximately 5,000 barrels of oil per day (210,000 gallons). So, even mobilizing everything available to control the spill, oil booms, skimmers, use of dispersants, controlled burns, more oil keeps leaving the well. The large canopy that they are preparing to put over the well is not the final solution, but it should reduce the rate of oil that is entering the gulf waters. It should mitigate the damage. It is necessary to kill the blown out well, and BP is in the process of drilling two relief wells.


Environmental effects while obtaining energy sources?

Some of the environmental effects that can occur when obtaining energy sources include spills that leak into other natural resources. If an oil platform explodes, it may leak crude oil into ocean or seawater and kill aquatic animals.


How much sawdust do you need to dry up spilled oil?

I don't know. During the clean up operations, there was many suggestions of mopping up oil using sponges, mats made of hair, and maybe sawdust. Any absorbing material should be able to remove some oil from water. Small spills of oil or other pollutants in calm water, may be more effectively cleaned up using these mats. Material or mats that absorbs oil must then be picked up and creates a very large disposal problem. Skimmers seemed to work best.


What environmental problems are there in Transporting crude oil across the sea in tankers?

The environmental problems of transporting crude oil across the sea is that if it were to be spilt some how then it would be in the sea for a very long time ( 1-2 years) this will affect the creatures of the water for exmple the fishes In fact spills from tankers have been a regular occurrence and the effects can last for decades. In the case of the Exxon Valdez spill into Prince William Sound in Alaska, for example, there is still residue present and it is still having negative effects on the environment.


What are the disadvantages of petroleum?

Disadvantages: 1.Oil is a carbon based fuel and the primary way it is used is to burn it, releasing more than its weight in CO2 because of the added oxygen. CO2 is a greenhouse gas and is accepted by most scientists to be a cause of global warming. 2.We are running out. Estimates vary from 50 to 150 years before we run out of oil. This is impossible to predict, but most major oil companies have been failing to discover new reserves equal to the amount of oil they are producing for the last few years. 3.Much of the remaining oil in the world is in politically unstable areas including Africa, Middle East, Russia, and parts of Southeast Asia. 4. Wars get fought over oil, and wars are won with oil (WW2) so it can be a very negative influence on relations between nations. 5. Oil must be transported in ever increasing quantities. Pipelines are one common method but where no pipeline exists oil can become 'stranded', in other words there is no way to get it to market. The natural gas in northern Alaska is a good example of this since there is no gas pipeline the oil companies must pump natural gas back into the wells. 6.The other transport problem with oil is from the inherent dangers of supertankers. Oil spills do serious environmental damage that takes decades to recover from. While oil spills do occur naturally, and have over time, the effects are often catastrophic for the area affected. Oil does break down naturally from biological and chemical decay, but it takes time. 7. Our consumption of oil is increasing at the same time our production is falling. The world is currently consuming 83 million barrels of oil per day. We aren't producing that much. 8. Many oil producing areas are subject to severe weather and this can interupt production. Last year's hurricanes are an example. Production will not be restored until well into this year. 9. Oil does contain some cancer causing compounds, benzene is one of those. 10. Volatile components of oil and natural gas can contribute to smog. 11. Some additives put into gasoline to improve its smog fighting qualities have leaked out of underground tanks at gas stations and polluted ground water with hazardous chemicals. This type of pollution is very hard to remove. 12. Drilling for oil is getting more difficult and expensive because we are now drilling as deep or deeper than 20,000 feet to find new reserves. 13. Because of the price cyclicity in the oil industry the industry is discovering that it may soon have a serious shortage of trained workers. The average age in the industry is about 50 years old. New entrants are not coming into the field for several reasons. The oil industry is going to be challenged to keep producing at the current rate with fewer employees available. 14. Some oil is now being strip mined in the form of tar sands. This will be very hard to restore these areas. 15. Sulphur in oil ends up in refined fuels and contributes to air pollution.

Related questions

Does drilling for oil create oil spills?

It can definitely contribute to oil spills.


How do people adapt to oil spills?

By seeing a lot of oil spills


Does caboolture river have oil spills often?

yes caboolture river has oil spills all the time it is very common for its oil spills


How many oil spills have there been in the world?

About 125 known major oil spills.


What is the disadvantage about oil?

oil spills


Are all oil spills in the ocean?

No, oil spills may happen in rivers and harbours too.


How are oil spills disaters?

oil spills kill or harm wild life and it pollutes the earth


How does oil spills affect duckweed growth?

Oil spills are very bad for Duckweed growth. This is because duckweed need oxygen and oil spills keep oxygen from reaching the plant.


What is a catchy title for a science fair project about oil spills?

Oil Spills: The One Spill To Fuss About


What has the author Brenda L Norcross written?

Brenda L. Norcross has written: 'Injury to larval fish in Prince William Sound' -- subject(s): Fishes, Larvae, Environmental aspects of Oil spills, Effect of oil spills on, Oil spills, Oil spills and wildlife


How can oil spills be damaging?

Oil spills in the ocean can cause animals to be harmed because they become coated with oil and so does their food.


What is a good catchty title for a project about oil spills?

spills everywhere