Deep Oil Spills: Facts, Fate, and Effects
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By Steven A. Murawski (Editor), Cameron H. Ainsworth (Editor), Sherryl Gilbert (Editor), David J. Hollander (Editor), Claire B. Paris (Editor), Michael Schlüter (Editor), Dana L. Wetzel (Editor)
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The demand for oil and gas has brought exploration and production to unprecedented depths of the world’s oceans. Currently, over 50% of the oil from the Gulf of Mexico now comes from waters in excess of 1,500 meters (one mile) deep, where no oil was produced just 20 years ago. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill blowout did much to change the perception of oil spills as coming just from tanker accidents, train derailments, and pipeline ruptures. In fact, beginning with the Ix 1 spill off Campec...


