Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Related Issues

ISBN: 9781536115246 出版年：2011 页码：234 Danielle M Birkin Jonathan J Asher Nova Science

On April 20th 2010, an explosion of fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. This resulted in eleven worker fatalities, a massive oil release and a national response effort in the Gulf of Mexico region by the federal and state governments. This new book explores the issues that have arisen from this crisis, as well as how the spill affects the national energy policy, and the trade-offs between energy needs, risks of deepwater drilling and protection of natural resources and amenities