2.5 - Deepwater/Fracking/Tar Sands

Question 1

Social impacts of deepwater horizon oil spill

Answer 1

11 killed 17 injured - affects families

Civilians protested outside BP - civil unrest

Question 2

Environmental impacts of DHOS

Answer 2

Fires killed organisms and habitats, released CO2 - CC

Wildlife covered in oil - kills/immobilises

Question 3

Louisiana lost how much and why

Answer 3

$2-4m due to fishing industry losses

Question 4

Effects of beaches closing

Answer 4

LA beaches

Lost tourism, local businesses and hotels lost revenue

Question 5

How many barrels spilt

Answer 5

5 million

Could have been sold

Question 6

What animals died

Answer 6

Dolphins

Tuna and amberjack had deformities

Question 7

BP settlement details

Answer 7

$18bn with 5 states and 400 LAs

Question 8

Fracking keychain (1)

Answer 8

Drill down then horizontal into shale rock formation layer then holes perforated
High pressure fluid pumped

Question 9

Fracking keychain (2)

Answer 9

Trapped oil and gas escapes into fluid which is pumped out

Question 10

What happens to used water from fracking

Answer 10

Put in encased pita, water treatment, recycled after removing oil/gas

Question 11

Name of tar sand method

Answer 11

Open pit mining

Question 12

What happens after bitumen clumps are extracted in open pit mining

Answer 12

Bitumen heated up using heated water to selected from sand

Question 13

What happens in in-situ tar sands

Answer 13

Steam pumped underground to liquify bitumen, then pumped up

Then upgraded to have properties like conventional oil

Question 14

How much oil does Alberta, Canada have

Answer 14

166bn barrels

Question 15

How many jobs has Canada tar sands made

Answer 15

150,000

Question 16

Amount of Canada’s GHGs produced from tar sands

Answer 16

8.5% May increase to 14% in 2030

Question 17

Bad environmental impacts of tar sands

Answer 17

Tailings ponds have toxic substances, kills waterfowl

Substances may leak into groundwater and rivers, affecting locals’ water supply

Question 18

Possible effect for First Nations communities

Answer 18

Infringements on fishing/hunting agreements due to toxic substance leakages

Question 19

What was set up in Canada

Answer 19

Oil Sands Communities Alliance for services and facilities to locals

Question 20

Criticism of OSCA

Answer 20

Businesses’ donations of $18m seen as too little considering could make $4trn in long term