A summary of the BP oil spill

1. The BP Oil Spill
Summary
In The Gulf of Mexico

3. The Scope of Disaster
The BP Deepwater Horizon rig
drilling into the Macondo oil field a
mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico
exploded and sank. Eleven
workers on the rig were killed. The
collapse of the rig and drill pipe
unleashed the largest marine oil
spill in history, 4.9 million barrels
(207 million gallons), only about
50 miles southeast of the
Mississippi River Delta.

4. Initial Explosion

5. Pressurized Oil Flowed For Months

6. Unprecedented Wildlife
Destruction

7. The Blame Game

8. Oil Spill May Exceed Estimates
-Radio Story- NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p
hp?storyId=126809525

9. Cleanup: Burning Oil in Gulf

10. Surfectant dispersants (soap) was
added to surface oil, which made
it disappear from the surface

11. Surfectant (dispersant)
Application

12. Active Oil Platforms in Gulf

13. Lasting Habitat and
Economic Destruction

14. Other oil spills:

16. Definitely not!

17. The End

18. The End