OIL SPILLS

SHOULD OIL BE DRILLED FROM THE OCEAN

BY:
DEV DESAI AND SRISRUJAN PENIKELAPATI
PERIOD 4 SCIENCE AND PERIOD 7 COMPUTER SCIENCE
ISSUE
Oil spills is an environmental problem which occurs when a ship out at
sea brows up and leaks petroleum in to the sea
This is an issue because many people each time an oil spill occurs
argue on what to do solve it
It is also argued on even drilling for oil.
When the ships hull is not thick enough, when an explosion aboard
the oil rig occurs, the oil will leak through easily.




BACKGROUND INFORMATION
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the
environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form
of pollution.
The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the
ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.
Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers, offshore
platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as well as spills of refined petroleum
products (such as gasoline, diesel) and their by-products, heavier fuels used
by large ships such as bunker fuel, or the spill of any oily refuse or waste oil.
Major oil spills
include:
Exxon Valdez oil
spill,
1989
BP Deepwater
Horizon oil spill,
2010
STAKEHOLDERS
Players/Positions Beliefs Value
Tony Hayward, Chief Executive Officer
of British-Petroleum
Agree

Tony Hayward is a successful
businessman because he gets money
from getting drilling oil. He wouldnt
disagree due to the fact he gets
money from this
Economical
Local and Federal Government
Authorities
Disagree
Authorities say no because they are
afraid that if oil is spilled, marine
wildlife will be damaged the
chemicals that seep out of the oil will
harm humans health
Ecological/Health & Safety

Local Residents and workers
Agree
Some of the local workers that live near the
coast will get their salary from drilling oil,
and they would say no when offshore
drilling is stopped because they get their
money from this. Locals will also basically
have their own oil supply when oil is drilled
near them.
Economical/Health and Safety
Elizabeth M. Young Elizabeth M. Young (Disagrees with oil spills). It
is important to always inspect for deterioration,
leaks and decay, in all equipment. This should
be done on an annual basis. On the boat
vessel, check to see that all the fuel lines and
hoses are still in good condition and that all of
the seals are connected tightly. Also, improve
technology to help prevent crashes which is
already at a start. Global Positioning Systems
(aka GPS) help prevent collisions and
groundings.
Ecological
RESEARCH QUESTIONS

To what extent should oil be drilled from the sea?

Should oil be drilled from the sea?

BP OIL SPILL
Took place in the Gulf of Mexico near Mississippi River Delta, United
States
Spill date: 20 April 15 July 2010
Cause: Wellhead blowout
Casualties: 11 dead
Operator: Transocean under contract for BP

ACTION PLAN
Our action plan to consult political leaders (governors, attorney
generals) and get their opinion on a local oil spill.
We have chose to consult Mississippis government, which includes
governor Phil Bryant and attorney general Jim Hood.
The BP oil spill took place close to Mississippi, and the political
leaders had to take action on helping clean the Gulf of Mexico.
SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
We have chosen to get 70 copies of our survey and divide half and
half.
Divided among randomly chosen parents of math science kids and
math science kids.
Which have been distributed to the kids and their parents.
Here is our graph:
INSTRUMENT
Our instrument is a mix of a questionnaire and an opinionnare.
6 questionnaires and one opinionnare.

RAW DATA
Our raw data includes the two groups of people, which are parents of
math science kids and math science kids.
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HOW COULD WE HAVE MADE THIS MORE
SCIENTIFIC?
To make this project more scientific we could have actually visited a
person or company who knows a lot about oil spills. We also could
have visited places at which oil spills actually happened. Lastly, if we
did a survey about how people feel about oil spills which happened
near them like the BP oil spill. We could have gotten both people who
live close and away from actual oil spills.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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