Oil SpillsOil Spills

Petroleum OilPetroleum Oil

Petroleum oil is a dark colored, flammable liquid found throughout the world in underground pockets in the earth’s outer layer of rocks.

Refined petroleum oil has many uses including gasoline for cars; fuel for ships and airplanes; heating fuel for homes, schools, and businesses; the manufacture of plastic products; and much more.

Oil producers ship millions of barrels of petroleum oil around the world each day.

Oil tankers are huge ships that can carry more than 200,000 tons of oil.

Damaging Effects of Oil SpillsDamaging Effects of Oil Spills

Oil on the water’s surface can catch on fire and pollute the air.

Oil can sink to the ocean floor and destroy the habitats of sea animals.

Oil can react with oxygen in the air to form acids that are carried by wind and eventually fall back to the ground as acid rain.

Oil washes up on beaches and marshes resulting in life threatening habitats for wildlife species.

Sea turtles, birds, whales, fish, otters and other animals can become oil-soaked and die.

Dear, bears, wolves, dogs, and cats can die from eating oil-soaked beach plants and animal carcasses.

OFFSHORE DRILLINGOFFSHORE DRILLING

OFFSHORE DRILLING

America’s Worst Oil Spill

March 24, 1989 The Exxon Valdez oil tanker scraped along a rocky ocean reef in Alaska cutting open the hull of the ship. Thousands of tons of oil spilled into the ocean - enough to fill a football stadium.

The largest “oil spill” The largest “oil spill”1991 - Gulf War:

9,000,000 barrels (378,000,000 gallons)

1979 - Bay of Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico: 140,000,000 gallons

THE CASE OF GHANA- TEMA PORTTHE CASE OF GHANA- TEMA PORT

INDUSTRIAL SPILLSINDUSTRIAL SPILLS

Cleaning Oil Spill@ Tema PortCleaning Oil Spill@ Tema Port

Laid-Up Fishing Vessels-GHANALaid-Up Fishing Vessels-GHANA

Sinking Vessels-TEMA PORT-Sinking Vessels-TEMA PORT-GHANAGHANA

Emergency Response-DRILL (TEMA-Emergency Response-DRILL (TEMA-GHANA)GHANA)

OIL & FISH………………..OIL & FISH………………..

OIL & FISHOIL & FISH

OIL & FISHOIL & FISH

OIL & FISHOIL & FISH

Sekondi – Ghana @ sunset

Drilling rig, Port of Takoradi, Drilling rig, Port of Takoradi, GhanaGhana

Abuesi, Western Region, GhanaAbuesi, Western Region, Ghana

Oil spillage pollutes Ghana’s Axim Oil spillage pollutes Ghana’s Axim coastlinecoastline

A ruptured pipeline burns in a Lagos suburb after an A ruptured pipeline burns in a Lagos suburb after an explosion in 2008 which killed at least 100 peopleexplosion in 2008 which killed at least 100 people

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