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What is the difference between Exxon and Exxon Valdez?
Exxon is the company, also known as exxon and mobil...exxon valdex is the oil tanker that spilled millions of barrels of oil off the Alaskan coast.
How was the Exxon oil spill stopped?
The tanker ran out of oil.
How do you get oil spill in the ocean?
It could spill out of a tanker (Exxon Valdez), it could be from a wrecked oil derrick (BP Gulf Oil Spill).
Which tanker was the cause of a massive oil spill in Alaska in 1989?
The Exxon Valdez
How could have the Exxon Valdez been prevented?
making sure there isnt alot of oil in the tank
How many miles of Alaskan shoreline were cover by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez oil tanker in 1989?
1,100
Was the Exxon Valdez an oil rig?
No, the Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker ship.
When was the exxon valdez oil spill?
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was on midnight on March 24, 1989. It was considered as the second worst oil spill in US history.
Was the Exxon Valdez oil spill caused by the 1964 Alaska earthquake?
The Exxon Valdez is a tanker that ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989. The accident caused the spill of hundreds of thousands of barrel of crude oil. The accident is in no way related to the 1964 earthquake.
What is the same or differences about the Exxon Valdez and the BP oil spill?
the Exxon Valdez spill happened before the BP oil spill. and the they are the same because they are both an oil spill
How does the GULf of Mexico and the Exxon Valdez oil spill differ?
Many differences: 1) Exxon Valdez was a tanker accident, therefore the quantity of oil was known. The spill size in the Gulf of Mexico is unknown as oil is still spilling from the wellbore. 2) Wave action was probably more effective in breaking up the oil spill. 3) Oil booms were not available to contain the Exxon-Valdez spill. 4) Other measures to disperse the spill were not available. Surfactants and bio-remediation were used late in the clean up operation. 5) The Exxon Valdez appears to be a more viscous oil than the Gulf spill. No attempt to burn the oil was considered. The Exxon oil was more prone to form emulsions. 6) Due to water temperatures, the Exxon oil was unlikely to evaporate th high end alkanes. In the Gulf spill (and also the Kuwait spill) high temperatures will allow the high end alkanes to evaporate.
What happened to the valdez oil spill crew?
The Exxon-Valdez is an oil tanker. One of the storage compartments leaked oil when the tanker hit an underwater iceberg. The tanker did not sink, and crew members were evacuated. I could not find out exactly how many were aboard the tanker when the accident occurred but I think it was around 5 to 10 in total.
