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Oil Spills

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

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Oil Spills

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  1. Oil Spills

  2. 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. Petroleum Oil

  3. 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. Damaging Effects of Oil Spills

  4. OFFSHORE DRILLING

  5. OFFSHORE DRILLING

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. THE CASE OF GHANA- TEMA PORT

  9. INDUSTRIAL SPILLS

  10. Cleaning Oil Spill@ Tema Port

  11. Laid-Up Fishing Vessels-GHANA

  12. Sinking Vessels-TEMA PORT-GHANA

  13. Emergency Response-DRILL (TEMA-GHANA)

  14. OIL & FISH………………..

  15. OIL & FISH

  16. OIL & FISH

  17. Sekondi – Ghana @ sunset OIL & FISH

  18. Drilling rig, Port of Takoradi, Ghana

  19. Abuesi, Western Region, Ghana

  20. Oil spillage pollutes Ghana’s Axim coastline

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

  22. More later

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