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.