1. Oil Spills

2. What is an Oil Spill? Release of liquid petroleum hydrocarbon
Due to human activity
Form of pollution
Refers to marine oil spill

3. Oil Spill Facts Takes months or years to clean up
14,000 spills occur each year
Consume 400 million gallons of oil everyday
Deepwater Horizon killed 33% of fish in the area

4. What affects do Oil Spills have on Animals?
Seabirds
Strongly affected
Ways to die from Oil Spill
Feathers are covered with oil
Hard to fly and escape predators
Cleaning themselves
Blinding them
Most die unless humans intervene

5. Continued Killer Whales Sea Otters
Fur gets covered in oil which disrupts air bubbles
Air bubbles for warmth
Air bubbles to float
Ways to die from Oil Spills
Eat fish that swam in oil
Plug the blowhole with oil and drown
Becoming endangered
Die from cold waters
Placed in captivity for support

6. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Cause
Wellhead blowout
April 20, 2010
Killed 11 workers
205.8 million gallons
Flowed for 3 months
BP was responsible for the spill
Largest marine oil spill in history
In the Gulf Region
Affected Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi beaches

7. Methods Of Cleaning
Booms
High or low pressure hoses to spray oil off beaches
Sorbents
Large sponges that collect oil
Booms
Collects oil off the water
Controlled Burning
Reduces amount of oil
Skimmers
Boats that removes the oil
Controlled Burning

8. Ways of Preventing Oil Spills
Navigation
Coast Guard must know where the tankers can drive
Inspect equipment more
Double Hulling
2 layers of watertight hull surface
Prevent/reduces oil spills
Careful as possible when transporting
Double Hull