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Environmental consequences of increasing international demand for oil…
Environmental consequences of increasing international demand for oil
Ecosystem damage - landscape destruction
Deepwater Horizon
Bottle-nose dolphins deaths increased hugely after event
Sea turtles - 25,000 eggs were transported to the coast
Birds - 120 species effected
Fish - increase as the predators died
Oil Footprint - 265,000 barrels was burned off on sea surface
Emissions due to transport
NOx (nitrous oxides)
Contributor to LOW level ozone (GHG)
SO2 (sulfur dioxide)
Acid rain
Ecosystem damage
CO (carbon monoxide)
CO2 (carbon dioxide)
GHG - climate change
Particulates (lead)
AIR POLLUTION - Health (asthma)
Spills
Transport of oil
TAP
Tanker - Exxon Valdez, Prince William sound, Alaska 1989
Drilling - Deepwater Horizon, 2010
Ocean - Torrey Canyon, tanker UK, 1967
Extraction
Drilling
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing)
Tar sands - Bitumen (viscous, sticky)
mixed sand - low quality oil
Athabasca sands, Canada - (surface mining)