Alena Brown
Internet Paper #4
12/4/2012
Article: BP stops oil leak in Gulf of Mexico for first time since April Author: Suzanne Goldenberg
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/16/bp-oil-spill-leak-stopped

The safety issue that I chose was the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The BP oil spill was the largest oil spill in United States history. This oil spill occurred due to a methane leak, and an explosion, causing a fire aboard an offshore oil drilling rig. The explosion damaged the pipeline, causing pres...

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