Oil Spill Clean Up
Christine Krout
What Happens to oil after an oil spill?
• One example of where is goes is, In Mississippi Waste
Management comes and collects the oil, and they collect
anything that had oil on it.
•Sometimes some oil is still there because it is very
hard to clean up ALL the oil.
•There are many other oil companies who collect oil from the oil spills.
What are the techniques and tools to cleaning up an
oil spill?
• Third one is
Exsorbins, they are
used to absorb the oil,
but it can absorb to
much oil.
•There are many techniques for cleaning up an oil spill.
•First one is the
skimmer, it sucks up
the oil but its hard to
get only the oil. •Second one is boom, the
boon is like a string that
controls the oil to be in one
area, but its difficult
sometimes because the boon
can sink in the water.
•Finally the last one is dispersants, they separate the
oil and water, you poor soap in
the water then mix it so it was
easier to clean up, but the water
would be to soapy so you couldn’t use it anymore.
•Then there is nano sand, when you drop
the sand on the oil but it sinks it to the
bottom and stays there, it goes away
from the surface but it is still in the
water harming animals.
Where does oil come from?
• Oil is a hydrocarbon.
•Oil comes from many places. •Oil comes from the
mantel, water , oil, and
gas are the layers inside
the mantel.
•The oil is in the ground
so we have to drill it
up, usually we drill
from the ocean or land.
What animals are affected?
• Some other animals are birds,
the oil enter there throats
and stomach.
•Any animal living in the ocean
affected by the oil spill and birds
who swoop down and eat the
fish.
•Some animals affected are sea
turtles, it is hard for them to eat
food if there food is affected by the
oil, especially the baby sea turtles
are because it is hard for them to
swim.
•Some other animals are, Nesting and migrating sea birds, Migrating songbirds, brown pelicans, Sea Otters, Whales, Dolphins, Manatees, Fish, Shellfish, and Crabs, and North Atlantic Bluefin Tuna.
•All mammals ingest
the oil from smaller fish when they eat
them.
What is the cause of oil spills?
• Or just simply people are
careless and don’t do the
work properly.
•Dissolution is
one of the main
cause.
•Dissolution is the
different oil we use to
boil at different
temperature.
•Oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to leak oil
into the ocean.