1. By McKenzie Downey

2.  Offshore drilling is the discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater.  Wellbore is drilled  Jackup/swap barge is set up  Drilling commences

3.  Used up oil found near the surface on land  Costs more to get oil further down  Brings cost of drilling in ocean to par with land

4.  the Persian Gulf  South East Asia  Several fields off West Africa  the Gulf of Mexico  the Caspian Sea  Newfoundland  Santos Basins  the Campos  California  Nova Scotia  Canada  Sakhalin  Russia

5.  Deepwater horizon oil rig exploded and sunk  Oil gusher flowed uninhibited for 87days  Methane gas caused explosion  Concrete pipe and shear ram failed

6.  Caused by ‘systematic management failure’ AKA company was greedy and lazy

7. Companies responsible for the spill:  BP,  Halliburton,  Transocean  Cameron Companies/governments helping cleaning up:  The Netherlands  US (country where spill was)  Canada  Mexico  Sweden  Croatia  France  Germany  Ireland  Japan  Spain  Romania  Norway  Russia  The republic of Korea  the United Arab Emirates  the United Kingdom  Vietnam  European Maritime Safety Agency  the European Commission’s Monitoring and Information Centre  the International Maritime Organization  the Environment Unit of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Environment Program

8.  Contaminant booms  Dispersants  Removal Contaminant booms

9.  4.9 million barrels  19 times more  397.7 million dollars  184,181 around the world  69,068 around the world  311 Olympic swimming pools  13,208 homes  16,000 total miles  BP were celebrating safety on the rig when it blew up.

10. BP MEDIA BLACKOUT - JAMES FOX REPORTING  Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL4R8 npXb2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL4R8 npXb2c  Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR6j9 CdG2S8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR6j9 CdG2S8

11.  Locals are furious, frustrated and flabbergasted  BP & US Government are conspiring, cunning co- operatives

12.  Spread the word  Sign petitions  Reduce your reliance on oil  Join group against deepwater drilling