Difference between revisions of "Environmental Impact"
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Revision as of 21:38, 16 September 2009
Environmental Impact:
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Description:
For many environmetal focused NGOs, such as WWF, Greenpeace etc. the immediate or long-term environmental impact is a highly controversal topic, addressing same to O&G operating companies, governments and the public.
Often, the cause and effect relationship is not obvious - especially when it comes to long-term effects.
The environmental impact as a result of oil production can be rooted in different activities.
- during seismic exploration: impact on surrounding animal life
- during drilling phase: oil spills, flaring of oil based fluid from drilling
- during production: oil spills (leaking pipelines), releasing fumes, subsidence (lowering of the ground due to compaction) pot. leading to mass slides on continental shelfes
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Enablers:
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Inhibitors:
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Paradigms:
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Experts:
- General facts & quantities of oil spills http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html
Timing:
Various incidents of Oil Spills
- Exxon Valdez tanker spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez
- spain coastal area spills