BP Oil Spill (Essay Sample)

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The BP Oil Spill
Introduction
Oil spill refers the condition in which fluids of petroleum flow into marine habitats (IMO 2005). Water pollution is one of the types of pollutions known to be very notorious in controlling. Although oil products are insoluble in water, the method of evacuating oil spills from the water surface, is never an easy task.
When oil spills occur, the layer of petroleum formed on the surface of the water leads to blockage of the oxygen mixing with the water, to support marine life. Consequently, the marine life is affected, and if the situation is saved in time, it can lead to mass destruction to the marine life. In history, many oil spills have occurred with varied intensity.
The accident of British Petroleum is one of the notable oil spills in the history. The BP oil spill that occurred back in April, 2010 in the Mexico’s Gulf is among the oil spills that caused a massive damage to the marine life. According to Ocean Portal Team (The Ocean Portal Team 1), the BP oil spill was ranked among the worst ever oil spills in the history.
As a result of this accident, the British Petroleum management has been very vigilant in their businesses, and they have sought to assure everyone that they are committed to avoiding such occurrences in the future. BP being not an American firm, it has attempted to convince the Americans that indeed its management had felt the impact of the spill as any citizen of the nation would. In quest to achieve this objective, British Petroleum management produced a video commercial named BP’s commitment to America which aimed at making the American citizens of the efforts and commitments of the firm in the restoration process of the damages caused by the spill. In this video, Fred Lemond who is the operations appears in the video himself and addresses the audience on the burning issues. He explains that his company has invested in excess of $23 billion in the process of cleanup of the affected marine habitat. He adds that the company had created employment opportunities in excess of 250,000 positions (BP’s Commitment to America 1).
The process of reclamation of the affected areas has attracted many critics, with critics giving varied grounds of views. One of the bases that have been used by critics is that BP is not an American firm, and hence may not find a reason to commit itself to the process of restoration. Despite the fact that the arguement may have traces of facts, looking at the measures taken by the firm after the accident (as depicted in the film) it is sufficient evi...