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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.
 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
 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
OFFSHORE 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”
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The largest “oil spill”1991 - Gulf War:
9,000,000 barrels (378,000,000 gallons)
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1979 - Bay of Campeche, Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico:
140,000,000 gallons
THE CASE OF GHANA- TEMA PORT
INDUSTRIAL SPILLS
Cleaning Oil Spill@ Tema Port
Laid-Up Fishing Vessels-GHANA
Sinking Vessels-TEMA PORT-GHANA
Emergency Response-DRILL (TEMA-GHANA)
OIL & FISH………………..
OIL & FISH
OIL & FISH
Sekondi – Ghana @ sunset
OIL & FISH
Drilling rig, Port of Takoradi,
Ghana
Abuesi, Western Region, Ghana
Oil spillage pollutes Ghana’s Axim
coastline
A ruptured pipeline burns in a Lagos suburb after an
explosion in 2008 which killed at least 100 people
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