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How Did The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill

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BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill BP has formerly known as the British Petroleum it is a British multinational oil and gas company it headquarters is located in the London. The British petroleum is one of the largest petroleum company in the world with the merge with the Amoco Corporation in the united states in 1998. The British petroleum was initially named as the Anglo- Persian Oil company in April 1909. In1925 it was renamed as the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company but again in 1954, it was renamed as the British Petroleum. In 1914 the British government became the company’s principal stock hold and it was named by the British government. In January 1955, British petroleum became the stock holding …show more content…

The spill and rig explosion occurs on 20th April 2010 at 9:56 PM. BP Spill is one of the most dived stating spill in oil history because it leaked out an estimate of 3.19 million gallons oil in the middle of the ocean which mixed with the ocean water. The leak was open for 87 days under the ocean which leads to a leak of 3.19 million gallons of water. It is believed that the leak caused the deep ocean was occurring because of the not having the correct data on the gas pressure which was execrating from the sea level. There were also so many reasons why this explosion occurred on the rig. It is also believed that the safety mechanism didn’t work properly during the evacuation. Eleven people were killed because of the explosion occur it also affects the animals under water. It is also believed that the computer gave an alert about increasing pressure 50 minutes before, but the crew onboard didn’t take any action which leads to a huge disaster. It is believed that it’s going to take so much more time to clean the shore than what is expected as of right now. There are so many causes of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But they’re few cases of the Oil spill, which are very important to discuss and find out detail about those causes and effect. Few effects of the BP Gulf Oil Spill are the deaths of human and wildlife, Environmental cause, the spill of oil, the stock of the BP start falling and the fines for not using the right material which is required. There are few causes also such as the mechanical failure, not paying close attention to the pressure data, Usage of the doggy materials to build the safety

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