ARTIFACT #8: Diagrams and Printouts

PREVENTION:
During drilling: Mixing in drilling
mud to counterbalance reservoir
pressure
During poor weather: Highly accurate
and continuous surveillance of weather
through computer modeling, radar, and
satellite imagery

EXAMPLES:

Persian Gulf Oil Spill of 1991

largest accidental oil spill with 240
gallons of oil spilled into the ocean
near Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
Blowout of the Ixtoc I in Mexico in
1979 second largest oil spill of
140 gallons of oil spilled into the
Gulf of Mexico
The wreck of the Exxon Valdez
tanker in 1989 oil spill of 11
million gallons of oil into Prince
William Sound offshore Alaska

During transportation: Utilize

pipelines and conduct seafloor
surveys for potential threats and for
maximum environmental safety

OIL SPILLS

DAMAGES:
Way in which oil spills effect
marine animals: exposure or
ingestion of oil
Effects wildlife by causing injuries
including damages to thermal
insulation and impairing
reproductive systems and
behaviors

OIL RECOVERY:
Skimming, filtering, or situ
combustion to remove and contain
oil
Separating oil into smaller
droplets to limit immediate
wildlife damage
Biodegradtion
Immediate cleaning and rescuing
of wildlife species