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    This document summarizes two major oil spill disasters - the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill. The Exxon Valdez spill released 11 million gallons of oil near the Alaskan coast, killing 250,000 seabirds and 2,800 sea otters. Decades later, the area still shows signs of oil pollution. The BP spill resulted from an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 people and spilled 41 million liters of oil. It cost $250 million to help repair the damage caused by the spill. Both accidents highlight the environmental and economic risks posed by large oil spills from ships and drilling operations.

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    This document summarizes two major oil spill disasters - the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill. The Exxon Valdez spill released 11 million gallons of oil near the Alaskan coast, killing 250,000 seabirds and 2,800 sea otters. Decades later, the area still shows signs of oil pollution. The BP spill resulted from an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 people and spilled 41 million liters of oil. It cost $250 million to help repair the damage caused by the spill. Both accidents highlight the environmental and economic risks posed by large oil spills from ships and drilling operations.

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    Oil Spil LS: The Exxon Valdez and The BP Stories

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    This document summarizes two major oil spill disasters - the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill. The Exxon Valdez spill released 11 million gallons of oil near the Alaskan coast, killing 250,000 seabirds and 2,800 sea otters. Decades later, the area still shows signs of oil pollution. The BP spill resulted from an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 people and spilled 41 million liters of oil. It cost $250 million to help repair the damage caused by the spill. Both accidents highlight the environmental and economic risks posed by large oil spills from ships and drilling operations.

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    Oil

    spil
    lsValdez
    The Exxon

    and the BP
    stories
    The menace of oil spills
    Accidents that involve releasing of petroleum
    into the sea.
    Don`t let the sea oxygenation.
    Kill animals, esp. birds and sea mammals.
    Pollutes water


    Exxon Valdez

    In March 23 1989 near to Alaskan coasts this
    petroleum ship crashed with a reef releasing
    11 million gallons.
    In March 24 the spot reached land killing
    250.000 sea birds and 2.800 sea otters an a
    reach ecosystem.
    Still today this area has presence of petroleum.

    BP Spill
    In April 20, 2010, the petroleum platform named
    DeepWater Horizon exploded, causing the death
    of 11 people(of126), and the spill of 41
    million liters of petroleum.
    The cost of this repairment is of 250 million
    Dollars.

    Taken from:
     http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_K
    1
     http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/water.html
     http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/26/AR20
     http://www.tudiscovery.com/guia_barcos/barcos_desastres/barcos_exxon/i
     Guiness World records 2006

     By Andrés Camilo Erazo and Camilo Amaya

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