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Sanford Bernstein estimates capping the leaks and cleaning up the spill may cost $12.5 billion. [47] Innocentive launches a website asking people to submit their solutions to the crisis by June 30. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] On April 30, the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce asked Halliburton to brief it as well as provide any documents ...
A major oil spill from the Colonial Pipeline in a nature reserve near Huntersville, North Carolina, United States, began on July 27, 2020.The spill resulted in approximately 2,000,000 U.S. gallons (7,600,000 L) of gasoline discharge and led to a cleanup effort that is still ongoing and expected to continue for several years.
A large clean-up operation began as soon as the Sea Empress started spilling oil. Initially, efforts were made to clean the oil up mechanically, however poor weather conditions resulted in only 3% of the oil being recovered. [7] Over 445 tons of chemical dispersants were sprayed onto the oil using planes between February 18 and February 22. [9]
To break up oil, roughly 1.8 million gallons of Corexit were dropped from planes and sprayed from boats — far more than previous U.S. oil spills. The manufacturer said it was safer than dish soap.
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Oil Spill Prevention and Response: A Selected Bibliography on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill; Offshore Technology Resource Center. 2001. Comparative Risk Analysis for Deepwater Production Systems; Oil & Gas UK, Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC), 1969–present.
Spillcam was a live feed of the leak site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The live footage first became available to the general public on May 12 when BP was pressured by politicians to release the footage.
It was the worst oil spill of its time, releasing over 11 million US gallons (260,000 bbl; 42,000 m 3) of crude oil onto the Alaskan shoreline. Much of the film centers on the conflict between local officials, the fishing industry, and the Exxon official sent out to oversee the clean-up and take the rap.