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Gulf oil spill is shown on a beach on july 31 2013 in ao prao beach koh.

Oil spill marble background. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment especially the marine ecosystem due to human activity and is a form of pollution the term is usually given 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. La vie en rose. The deepwater horizon oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in u s. Oceanic oil spills became a major environmental problem in the 1960s chiefly as a result of intensified petroleum exploration and production on continental shelves and the use of supertankers capable of transporting more than 500 000 metric tons of oil.

Although the term oil spill often makes people think of spills in the ocean and coastal waters such as in 2010 during the deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico or the 1989 exxon. Oil spill on the beach. Other sources such oil tankers or offshore oil wells release oil on a less frequent basis. Within days of the april 20 2010 explosion and sinking of the deepwater horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico that killed 11 people underwater cameras revealed the damaged wellhead pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of louisiana.

The deepwater horizon oil spill was an industrial disaster that began on april 20 2010 in the gulf of mexico on the bp operated macondo prospect considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 percent to 31 percent larger in volume than the previous largest the ixtoc i oil spill also in the gulf of mexico. Oil spill leakage of petroleum onto the surface of a large body of water. Light blue marble background. As the name implies an oil spill refers to any uncontrolled release of crude oil gasoline fuels or other oil by products into the environment oil spills can pollute land air or water.

Background oil spills occur from a wide variety of sources 2 some sources release relatively minor amounts per individual release but in aggregate contribute a significant annual volume e g recreational vessels. 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged macondo well over an 87 day period before it was finally capped on july. Scientists noted that the prevailing paths of the gulf of mexico s loop current and a detached eddy located to the west kept much of the oil which covered a sizable part of the gulf some three. Dark wood and marble.

On april 20 2010 the oil drilling rig deepwater horizon operating in the macondo prospect in the gulf of mexico exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the deepwater horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. Path of the oil map depicting the effects of the deepwater horizon oil spill caused by the explosion of an oil rig off the coast of louisiana on april 20 2010. Deepwater horizon oil spill of 2010. Ao prao beach koh samet rayong thailand july 29 2013.