Oil disaster
By: Jen Green
Series: Emergency!; Emergency
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445105079
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Juvenile literature; Accidents; Emergency management; Disasters
Description: "Explains oil spills and other oil disasters and how they occur. Uses a chronological selection of historic and recent oil disasters, including the Exxon Valdez spill and the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill. Describes how they impacted the environment and how they were handled. Includes primary sources and eyewitness accounts."--Publisher information. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: What causes oil spills?; title: What can be done about oil spills?; title: Torrey Canyon, 1967; title: Amoco Cadiz, 1978; title: Tanker collision, 1979; title: Piper Alpha Oil Rig Disaster, 1988; title: Exxon Valdez, 1989; title: Exxon Valdez: the impact; title: Gulf War, 1991; title: Sea Empress, 1996; title: Deepwater Horizon, 2010; title: Deepwater Horizon: the impact; title: Avoiding oil spills.