The BP oil spill
By: Peter Benoit
Series: A true book; True book
Publisher: Children's Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780531206300; 9780531290293; 9780531289990
Subjects: Oil wells; Blowouts; BP (Firm); Oil spills; Juvenile literature; History; BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
Description: Photographs, maps, time lines, and easy-to-follow text describe the events surrounding the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.
Table of contents: title: Trouble in the gulf : what happened to the Deepwater Horizon?; title: Deep water disaster : what problems did the rig have before the explosion?; title: From bad to worse : what caused the oil slick to spread?; title: Cleanup : what was done to clean up the oil spill?; title: After the spill : will the oil be with us forever?; title: True statistics; title: Important words.