Oil Spill

This is Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico is terrible. It will be a mess to clean up and awful for the wildlife. Don't think for a minute that it is a minor oil spill, because you are wrong. This oil spill has been the biggest spill recorded yet. The company to blame here is BP. Partially, because they went the cheap way and did not do their yearly maintenance. The yearly maintenance is extremely important, because this oil drill is deep in the Gulf of Mexico. This means that there is more underwater pressure on the pipelines and the oil that is drilled out is much hotter. This oil spill is affecting many marine species, including this rare saw fish that was found dead on the water's surface. They need to get their act together before mother nature gets really mad.

Everyone wants to know how BP plans to clean up the disaster. It was said that it will take 74 million dollars to clean up the oil. Plus, BP is getting sued by Louisiana and other close by states.
One projection said that the oil spill will not be fixed until two months. This brought up other factors such as hurricanes. If a hurricane hits the oil spill area, the winds and waves will spray the oil all over the place. Some things that they are trying to do is dig re-leaf wells to release some of the pressure from the oil pocket. This way they can reduce the oil flow into the ocean and even conserve some of it. I think this might help with reducing the amount of oil that is filling the ocean and maybe in a few months seal this leak. I am afraid that this oil leak will stay in the water for a long time. It will harm many species, some of the species might become extinct. Maybe this might be a heads up for the whole world. This oil spill will light a spark in the worlds leaders and maybe after this disaster they will pay more attention to the environment. Even though this might seem bad right now it will help us in the future.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37455934/ns/us_news-environment/

http://www.businessinsider.com/gulf-of-mexico-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-2010-4

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/oil-spill-investigation-could-lead-to-criminal-charges-against-industry-execs/19499542