BP’s oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

By Jan-Philipp Rieke

Table of content

1. Pictures of the disaster2. Official Website of the US Government3. Websites about BP4. Other Websites on this subject5. Some Blogs on this Subject6. Some Articles on this subject7. Overview about economic aftereffects8. Interesting facebook pages9. Videos to this subject

With this presentation I want to give you a short overview about the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico caused by British Petroleum

Pictures of the disaster

Pictures of the disaster

Official Website of the US Government

http://www.restorethegulf.gov/

On this website you can see and read what the United States Government is doing to fight the pollution of the sea

Also you get lots of facts about the recovery of the Gulf

Websites about BP

Official BP Website BP Complaints Website

http://www.bp.com/bodycopyarticle.do?categoryId=1&contentId=7052055

On the official BP Website you can read about the measures taken by BP

http://www.bpcomplaints.com/

Here you can find complaints about the BP politics

Other Websites on this subject

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html

This Website offers a Map on which you can see the different proportions of the pollution

Some Blogs on this Subject

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/01/deepwater_spill_has_bp_got_awa.html

This Blog captures the discussion if BP has been punished enough for the damage the company caused

Some Blogs on this subject

http://www.stuarthsmith.com/bp-oil-spills-health-effects-will-be-felt-for-generations-scientist-warns

Here the author (Stuart H. Smith) writes about the effects on the peoples health caused be the disaster

Some Articles on this subject

http://avstop.com/march_2011/air_pollution_from_bp_oil_spill_reaching_far_beyond_the_gulf.htm

This article tells you something about the air pollution caused by the oil spill

http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/03/09/bp-oil-spill-nasa-report-confirms-toxic-dispersants-did-rain-down-on-gulf-coast/

Here you can learn something about toxic rain caused by the oil spill

Some articles on this subject

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2011/04/the-bp-oil-spill-one-year-later/

If you want a short overview about the facts one year after the disaster in the Mexican Gulf you should read this article

Some articles on this subject

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/13/deepwater-horizon-gulf-mexico-oil-spill

In this article Suzanne Goldenberg asks the critical question if BP really cleaned up the Golf of mexico

Some articles on this subject

http://topnews.ae/content/26477-movie-bp-oil-spill

In this article it is written that Abu Dhabi will make a movie about the oil spill disaster caused by BP

Another presentation on this subject

http://www.slideshare.net/FSBAssociates/drowning-in-oil-6642782

This presentation captures the question if the explosion could have been prevented if BP wouldn’t have tried to decrease costs as much as possible

Overview about economic aftereffects

http://www.slideshare.net/gwilliamson84/overview-of-gulf-oil-spill-claims

This is a short article that gives you some facts about the economical aftereffects caused by the disaster

Interesting facebook pages

http://www.facebook.com/OilSpillTruth

This community wants to know the truth about how much oil still is in the Gulf

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Make-BP-responsible-for-the-Gulf-Coast-oil-spill/122824127728015

This community wants BP to take responsibility for all the damage done

Interesting facebook pages

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Make-British-Petroleum-BP-PAY-for-the-Gulf-Coast-Oil-Spill/121965181149306

This community wants BP to pay for all the damage caused by the oil spill

Videos to this subject

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY-PikuXTYY

In this video there is a crew going down to the bottom of the sea to observe how serious the damage for the environment is

Videos to this subject

http://www.mediaite.com/online/former-bp-cleanup-worker-documents-impact-of-oil-spill/

In this videos a former BP worker talks about health problems probably caused through the oil spill

Videos to this subject

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCWW5xt3Hc8

In this video there is the pollution of the Gulf of Mexico shown by a satellite of the NASA

Videos to this subject

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM

The last video is a little bit of a parody about the helplessness of BP during the first weeks of the disaster

Thank you very much for your attention