Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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14 May 2010

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Introduction

News about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues spreading around the globe . Since the end of April 2010 , the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been stirring the minds and souls of millions of people all over the world . The environmental and human impact of the oil leaking from one of the BP wells in the Gulf of Mexico is difficult to underestimate . The explosion on a drilling rig that killed 10

workers was only the beginning of a more serious ecological tragedy . Today , thousands of ecological organizations are working together to develop an effective strategy that will minimize the negative consequences of the oil spill Obviously , the Gulf of Mexico oil spill indicates the urgent need to reconsider the policies and criteria of testing oil rigs and is a warning sign to engineers that design and test wells before and during their operation

Statement of the problem

On 20 April , 2010 , an explosion on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers (Robertson Kaufman . Two days later , the rig sank not far from the Louisiana coast (Robertson Kaufman . Several days after the tragedy , a leak was discovered , presumably originating in the well (Robertson Kaufman . Officials found two other leaks in the riser the latter used to connect the rig to the well but was detached by the explosion and snaked down at the sea floor (Robertson Kaufman Winds began...