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BP Oil Spill 2010 May A2 Coursework
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Subject:Environment
Topic:Bp Oil Spill
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11 workers killed
04/22/2010
"The Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22, 2010, two days after the Macondo well blowout and explosion that killed 11 workers." page 328 (Spill 2011)
Extreme Leakage
04/23/2010
"On April 23, the day after the Deepwater Horizon sank, Coast Guard officials said privately they now feared the well could leak at a rate of more than 64,000 barrels per day -- the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez accident every five day." (Magner 2011, p. 209)
Thousands of barrels
04/24/2010
Day 5 "Then, over the weekend of April 24, it put out estimates of "up to" 1,000 per day. Eventually the government put the volume as high as 62,000 barrels per day." (Reed & Fitzgerald 2011, p. 87)
Day 6 "On April 25, BP began to consider placing a large containment dome, known as a cofferdam, over the larger of the two leaks from the broken riser." (Juhasz 2011
Containment Dome
04/25/2010
"On April 25, BP began to consider placing a large containment dome, known as a cofferdam, over the larger of the two leaks from the broken riser." (Juhasz 2011, p. 234)
FEDS investigaton
04/27/2010
"April 27, 2010, it did not take long before BP's questionable cost-cutting methods came to light with the Feds opening investigation." (Farrell 2011, p. 31)
Louisiana National Guard
04/30/2010
"Defense Secretary Robert Gates mobilizes Lousiana National Guard to help with oil cleanup and removal and to protect critical habitat." (Lehner & Deans 2010, p. 8)
Being held accountable
05/01/2010
"Ken Salazar, secretary of the interior, is quoted in USA Today: "They will be held accountable. We will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done." (Walaski 2010, p. 65)
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Being held accountable
05/01/2010
"Ken Salazar, secretary of the interior, is quoted in USA Today: "They will be held accountable. We will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done." (Walaski 2010, p. 65)
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