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    Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances...
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    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the...
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    The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William...
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    An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form...
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  • Thumbnail for 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill
    The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in January and February 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara in Southern California...
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  • list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one...
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    2018. "Guidance to Owners and Operators of Offshore Facilities Seaward of the Coast Line Concerning Regional Oil Spill Response Plans (NTL No. 2012-N06)"...
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    list of notable offshore well blowouts Subsea technology Christmas tree (oil well) Oil well Offshore oil spill prevention and response "Blow Out Preventer...
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    The Refugio oil spill on May 19, 2015, contaminated one of the most biologically diverse areas of the West Coast of the United States with 142,800 U.S...
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    oil spill are health effects related to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. An oil discharge...
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    works to avoid oil spills from vessels and facilities by enforcing removal of spilled oil and assigning liability for the cost of cleanup and damage; requires...
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    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was discovered on the afternoon of 22 April 2010 when a large oil slick began to spread at the former rig site. According...
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    Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA). Since 2011, 1,010 oil spills with an overall sum of 110,535 barrels, or 17.5 million liters, of oil...
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  • consequences of the pollution. A catastrophic spill occurred on May 1, 2010 at an ExxonMobil offshore oil platform approximately 35 to 45 kilometres (20...
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  • Oil spill governance in the United States is governed by federal law. The governance framework for oil spills in the United States prior to the Oil Pollution...
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  • Thumbnail for Deepwater Horizon litigation
    The civil and criminal proceedings stemming from the explosion of Deepwater Horizon and the resulting massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began shortly...
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    and have led to oil spills. Geologists and geophysicists use seismic surveys to search for geological structures that may form oil reservoirs. The "classic"...
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    hazardous substances releases and oil spills. They forwarded the information to the Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), a division of the California...
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    petroleum market and geopolitics. Offshore installations refer to offshore platforms, oil platforms, and various types of offshore drilling rigs. It...
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  • Piper Alpha (category Collapsed oil platforms)
    10% of North Sea oil and gas production and was the world’s single largest oil producer. The accident is the worst ever offshore oil and gas disaster in...
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  • refineries and oil and gas (onshore and offshore) production installations. Thus, process safety is generally concerned with the prevention of, control...
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    BSEE was established in response to the regulatory failure of Minerals Management Service (MMS) in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010. Secretarial Order...
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    The Summerland Oil Field (and Summerland Offshore Oil Field) is an inactive oil field in Santa Barbara County, California, about four miles (6 km) east...
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    waters in California, both inland and up to 200 miles (320 km) off the coast. The funding for the OSPR's Oil Spill Prevention Administration Fund comes from...
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  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate S. 3358: West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010 S.685 - Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010 S. 258:...
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    especially involving Chevron. A major Chevron oil spill occurred in 2002, which polluted beaches and contaminated the marine environment. It also caused...
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  • served as an exemplary oil spill prevention, preparedness, and response tool for Alaska with applications throughout the Pacific and nationwide.” In 2010...
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    Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. "Questions and Answers", Evostc.state.ak.us. Accessed July 17, 2009. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. "Oil Spill Prevention and...
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    the offshore oil and gas industries is usually contract based. Saturation diving is standard practice for bottom work at many of the deeper offshore sites...
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    CNPC, PetroChina, Sinopec, and CNOOC in offshore tax evasion. China portal Energy portal Companies portal List of oil spills CNPC (HK) Petroleum industry...
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