British Petroleum Oil spill

Great giant British petroleum oil spill is the greatest oil disaster in history. It has endangered thousands of wildlife habitats if immediate actions are not taken this oil pollute the entire Gulf of Mexico and is expected to spread further on. The Gulf of Mexico spilled blamed for the existing problem.

Officials are now busy holding each other responsible with BP (British Petroleum) the third-largest energy corporation in the world, getting the blame for the spill. Oil giant in the red for the first time.

Background

The Deep-water Horizon is a submersible, to place below water, huge, floating drilling rig that operates in water up to 8000 feet deep and it can drill below to 30,000 feet. Its basic job was to dig in deep-sea floors and find the availability of oil underwater. For this process, it can dig deep into the ocean floor and create wells so that the oil to place under the water.

The lease of this drilling giant was given to BP in March 2008, which would carry on to September 2013. In the year 2010, it was set to be drilling a huge well in the floor of the sea, which would be 5,000 feet deep. It will cost about 32.2 billion dollars to clean up.

The Explosion

Under high pressure from the well, causing a huge explosion. On 20 April 2010, because of the methane gas, leaving the rig break suddenly and destroyed, before this happened, several of the workers did express their concerns over the good control. The plan was to install the production casing and get it cemented.

Once the cemented process will be completed then it would be examined, tested, and completed. The place was set on fire approximately for 36-hours; all the efforts were useless to extinguish the high flames. The whole giant burnt until it exposed and sank on the morning of 20th April 2010. After that the real disaster has happened, it was a shocking moment for worldwide environmentalists.

A massive oil slick is started and then spread over the huge surrounding area and the authorities were not able to cope with and did not cap the well, the cause was the huge explosion. The oil started to move into the Gulf of Mexico. It was a serious matter. The cause of the explosion was not described in detail, but they briefly stated that the cause was the hydraulic leak with a failed battery.

Environmental Disaster in the Area

It is approximately judged and estimated that the oil leak is flowing in the area at 162,000 barrels per day. The oil leaking is continued from the day of the explosion. The oil slick moved at a high and fasten rate because of the intense change of weather and now the situation is more severe and they are uncontrollable.

The oil reached the shores of Mississippi after traveling through Louisiana, Alabama, and other surrounding cities of the United States of America. Many of the aquatic creatures have been died because of the environmental disaster. Unfortunately, BP was unsuccessful to control the situation in the area.

All its efforts were useless and worthless. Environmentalists worried that it would take a long time for the ecosystem to restore. It is hoped that British Petroleum and all concerned authorities and government would take immediate and serious steps to control the situation. However, all in vain no results so the departure of the existing CEO of BP is confirmed and the new CEO is taking charge of the BP. An American Bob Dudley.

New Development

Now the situation has been normal. The authorities have cleared the oil-polluted area and it is now safe for tourists to visit. It seems in the picture that the US-President barrack Obama and his daughter are swimming in the area where the environmental disaster has happened. It is a clear signal for the worldwide tour that the area has been clean, clear from the oil pollution, and is ready for tour and swimming.