Gulf of Mexico/BP Oil Spill: 2010 By: Peyton Holt

Basic Facts Started on April 20, 2010 Ended on July 15, 2010 (officially sealed on September 19, 2010) Cause: wellhead blowout

The worst Accidental Spill in History 210,000,000 million gallons of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico 11 people died Oil came out of the wellhead for 87 days Destroyed estuaries and other habitats Also killed many animals Many fires were also started on the oil rig Could happen again because they are still drilling in the gulf and the transportation of oil

What it Affected Biotic: Abiotic: Common Resources: Many marine animals Beaches Water Humans that lived in the area Everywhere surrounding the Gulf Fish Plants in the ocean and nearby The oil company The economy of the Gulf

Human Aspect Humans are drilling in the environment so something was bound to go wrong. I would suggest to stop drilling in the ocean because this could easily happen again. The only rule I would add is to limit the oil companies to a lower amount of oil that can be drilled.

Solutions Injecting dispersants at the sea floor to break up the oil. Closing the blowout preventer that for some unknown reason failed. Deploying steel boxes atop the flows to contain oil and redirect it through pipes to a ship on the sea surface. Installing new pressure control equipment at the well. Drilling two relief wells

How the Company was affected BP has spent about $42 billion fixing the spill and the places it has affected They still have not paid for everything that needs to be paid for People today are helping restore the habitats in the area back to the way they were before

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