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There were reports that the company cut corners on maintaining part of the equipment. If those reports are true, doing that maintenance may have prevented the spill. There is also reports that the drilling device drilled into a salt mine. Either not allowing drilling close to salt mines or the company being more careful with their calculations could prevent accidents of that nature.
What else can I help you with?
Could the Mexican oil spill have been prevented?
The Mexican oil spill could have been prevented. All oil spills could have been prevented if it weren't for careless people! An automatic switch should have been installed on the inside of the pipe.
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).
Where was odyssey oil spill located?
if a ship or anything is damaged that has oil in it that could cause a oil spill.
How does the oil spill affect your environment?
It could effect the wildlife around you, or the wildlife by the oil spill. the oil spill effected humans because humans depend on the gulf of Mexico for commercial fishing, food, and tourism. another way it could effect wildlife is that you have to be careful of eating sea food because you may never know if it has been cleaned or if it happened to have been by the oil spill at that time.it could also effect the waters by the gulf of Mexico.
Why do people drill for oil if it could cause an oil spill?
Prior to the BP oil spill, it was considered that the necessary precautions had been taken so there would be no oil spill. This has been proven wrong. The motivation for drilling for oil is to make money. Many oil wells similar to the one that caused the BP spill are drilled around the world. There is very active discussion of the causes with the industry and government, and how to prevent them in the future.
How long has the BP oil spill been a problem?
The oil spill began April 20.
What birds are in danger from the gulf oil spill?
Really any bird that is near the oil spill is because their food could be coated in oil and when they fish they could get oil on their feathers
Is Germany affected by the oil spill?
No. Germany has not been affected. The oil spill, as of June 18, has been confined to the Gulf of Mexico.
How many days has the oil spill been?
This depends on which oil spill is being referred to. See related questions.
What could be the devastation of an oil spill?
well....the devastation of the oil spill could be dead animals,oil fights (if we lost to to much),and an unsafe ocean. (i am 12 years old )
Who do you think should be held responsible for the oil spill?
bp. Representatives from Bp claimed that this could have been preventable.
Have starfish been affected by the recent oil spill?
NO
