Mixing Oil and Water: Naturalizing Offshore Oil Platforms in Gulf Coast Aquariums

On 26 June 2010, the brand new Gulf of Mexico exhibit at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa opened devoid of life. The tanks were purposefully left empty, rather than showing the vibrant aquatic life of the Gulf, to highlight the oil spill associated with BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling incident earlier in 2010. According to the museum's press release, the museum wantedto open a Gulf exhibit recognizing the crisis that is happening on the Gulf Coast … The exhibit, without fish, now has the opportunity to make a bold statement related to the oil spill in the Gulf Coast by asking Museum & Aquarium visitors to imagine a lifeless Gulf.1

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Assessment of Wind Energy in the United States Gulf of Mexico Area as Power Supply for Offshore Oil Platforms

10.4043/29044-ms ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Francisco Haces-Fernandez ◽

Hua Li ◽

David Ramirez

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Wind Energy ◽

Power Supply ◽

The United States ◽

Oil Platforms ◽

Offshore Oil Platforms ◽

Offshore Oil

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Potential invasion of the Gulf of Mexico by Protemblemaria punctata (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae), a cryptobenthic fish endemic to Venezuela

Bulletin of Marine Science ◽

10.5343/bms.2020.0014 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jimmy Argüelles-Jiménez ◽

Merari Contreras-Juarez ◽

Eduardo Palacio Pérez

Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Small Body ◽

The Past ◽

Oil Platforms ◽

Offshore Oil Platforms ◽

Viable Population ◽

Body Sizes ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Offshore Oil

The movement of species to areas outside their native ranges has greatly intensified over the past few decades. However, detecting invasive species often requires detailed and regular surveys, especially for animals with small body sizes. A cryptobenthic fish endemic to the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, Protemblemaria punctata (Cervigón, 1966), is reported here from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, based on the collection of 8 specimens (5 males and 3 females) from Bajo Mersey, a coral reef in the Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (PNSAV). The collected specimens were taken from sessile worm tubes that grew on PVC structures previously placed on the reef at a depth of 6 m. The number of P. punctata specimens we collected could indicate that the species has established a viable population on the reefs in the PNSAV. The colonization of P. punctata in the Gulf of Mexico waters may be due to the dispersal of individuals present on offshore oil platforms that are transported from Trinidad to Venezuela and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Assessing the Recovery Aftermaths of Selected Disasters in the Gulf of Mexico

Logistics & sustainable transport ◽

10.2478/jlst-2018-0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Daniel Adrian Doss ◽

David Mcelreath ◽

Rebecca Goza ◽

Raymond Tesiero ◽

Balakrishna Gokaraju ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Natural Disasters ◽

Hurricane Katrina ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Mississippi River ◽

Gulf Coast ◽

British Petroleum ◽

River Flood ◽

British Petroleum Oil Spill ◽

Petroleum Oil

AbstractThis research examined quantitatively in-port grain loading levels during the periods preceding and succeeding selected human-made and natural disasters among U.S. Gulf Coast ports. The array of selected disasters consisted of the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill, the 2011 Mississippi River flood, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Isaac. The outcomes of the analyses showed that the examined in-port Gulf Coast grain loading activities have not fully recovered and achieved the level of normalcy that existed before the examined cataclysms.

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Assessment of the Potential of Energy Extracted from Waves and Wind to Supply Offshore Oil Platforms Operating in the Gulf of Mexico

Energies ◽

10.3390/en11051084 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1084 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Francisco Haces-Fernandez ◽

Hua Li ◽

David Ramirez

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Oil Platforms ◽

Offshore Oil Platforms ◽

Offshore Oil

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Two New Discoveries Showing the Human Impact on the Environment

Journal of Undergraduate Life Sciences ◽

10.33137/juls.v15i1.35983 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Atikaran Krishnamoorthy

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Human Impact ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Human Activities ◽

Oil Spills ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Deepwater Horizon ◽

Offshore Drilling ◽

Marine Life ◽

Plastic Wastes

Our environment provides us with vital resources, such as food, energy, and raw materials. However, many human activities harm the environment. For example, plastic wastes pollute our oceans, while the burning of coal pollutes the air. To add, offshore drilling has led to oil spills, such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is still hurting marine life even after ten years1.

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Impacts of Major Offshore Oil Spill Incidents on Petroleum Industry and Regional Economy

Journal of Energy Resources Technology ◽

10.1115/1.4035426 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 139 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Negar Dahi Taleghani ◽

Mayank Tyagi

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Petroleum Industry ◽

Deepwater Horizon ◽

The State ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Offshore Oil ◽

The Impact

Disasters such as offshore oil spills will have a significant negative impact on occupations, incomes, tariffs, and further profits, adding to the struggles of regional area held up in difficulty. Such a broad size of impact can more impair the functioning of the economy of the district. In addition to costs encountered by cleanup activities, industries and individuals dependent on coastal resources can experience huge economic losses. Many other related businesses and sectors can possibly hurt by disruptions and loss of earnings. To better understand different aspects of the problem, we explain the problem through a case study for recent incident in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DWH) on April 20, 2010, the worst oil spill disaster in the history of the U.S. start off the coastline of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. We have conducted study to focus on the positive impact of economic compensation on Gulf coast employment and wages. Regardless of estimates of main job losses resulting from the oil spill, we estimated that Louisiana experienced a net rise in employment and wages. Input–output (I-O) model will be applied in this study to approximate the economic compensation created by economic injection due to the Deepwater Horizon accident. Then, we can estimate the gross damages to the Louisiana economy. More importantly, the final results should provide useful information on measuring the economic impact of any future large-scale disasters and for how companies must react to minimize the economic impact of events. One positive side that will come out of the oil spill is the spotlight on the need for new and developed prevention and response strategies to this kind of major disasters. The analysis of losses in the employment and earnings in Louisiana in the aftermath of accidents in petroleum industry makes to know the importance and significance of the oil and gas sector as a powerful economic machine that provides a wide range of opportunity for the state. It is no surprise how remarkable is the influence of oil and gas industry on the income of the state workers and the output of the state. Therefore, having approximation of the impact helps to facilitate strong recovery and to prevent potential harm to the related industry.

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Dirty Drilling: Trump Administration Proposals Weaken Key Safety Protections and Radically Expand Offshore Drilling

10.31230/osf.io/fbgnc ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Oceana ◽

Diane Hoskins ◽

Madeline Voitier

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Deepwater Horizon ◽

National Commission ◽

Regulatory Body ◽

Offshore Drilling ◽

Gas Drilling ◽

Offshore Oil And Gas ◽

Offshore Oil ◽

Trump Administration

Executive SummaryOn April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, tragically claiming the lives of 11 people and causing the worst oil spill in United States history. More than 200 million gallons of oil spilled over the 87 days it took to finally cap the well. The disaster wreaked havoc on the Gulf of Mexico coast and once again exposed the American public to the dangers of offshore oil and gas drilling. An investigation into the disaster conducted by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (the National Commission) identified systemic failures in both industry management and government oversight as the underlying causes of the disaster. The National Commission recommended numerous reforms to government regulations and industry practices, including the formation of a new safety-focused regulatory body named the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) within the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI).Oceana reviewed government documents and reports, public reporting, and scientific literature and interviewed policy experts to determine the progress in safety since the BP disaster. Oceana found incremental improvements but also alarming unaddressed deficiencies. Reform efforts to date fall far short of what is needed to improve offshore drilling safety and many problems that undermine oversight of the industry remain.Overarching issues with offshore oil and gas operations continue to compromise human safety and environmental protection. Moreover, the Trump administration is pushing to radically expand offshore drilling into nearly all U.S. waters while rolling back many of the few safety requirements currently in place. This report examines these issues and proposes policy changes to remedy them.

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Ecological benefits of the Bahia Grande Coastal Corridor and the Clear Creek Riparian Corridor acquisitions in Texas

Shore & Beach ◽

10.34237/1008814 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 34-37

Author(s):

Sheri Land

Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Federal Government ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Gulf Coast ◽

Deepwater Horizon ◽

Economic Resources ◽

Ecological Benefits ◽

Coastal Restoration ◽

Riparian Corridor ◽

The U.S

In response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, Congress passed the RESTORE Act to provide funding for coastal restoration and recovery for the affected Gulf Coast states: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The Act is intended to protect and restore the natural and economic resources of the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Gulf Coast. The environmental and economic injuries caused by the spill were extensive. The legal aftermath of the spill will require the parties responsible to pay substantial damages to address these injuries. Through the RESTORE Act, Congress allocated 80% of the administrative and civil penalties related to the spill to the states and the federal government to restore and revitalize the Gulf Coast. A portion of the RESTORE Act allocation comes directly to Texas. This article focuses on two Texas RESTORE Council-Selected Restoration Component projects funded under the Initial Funded Priorities List (FPL1).

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