BP Oil Spill 2010 May A2 Coursework

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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.

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" (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.....

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