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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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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