Offshore Oil Production and Exporation impacts goal 14: Life Under Water

Offshore Oil Production and Exporation impacts goal 14: Life Under Water

1. Oil Spills

   • Damge to Marine Life; including fish, mammals and birds
     • Espceiclaly those who are in danger of going instict in the artic
   • Pollution of Earths Oceans
     • 3 Billion people depon on marine/costal for livelihood
       • Nutirent Pollution, such as protein from fish
       • consuming polluted food can have damging consequences
   • Damage to Marine Ecosystems
     • Left Over Hidden damage one spills have been cleared

2. Produced Water

   • Environmental Impact
     • Contamination of marine eco-systems
     • Fish are attracted to drilling sites
     • can lead to earth quakes
   • Challanges in reusing

3. Gas Flaring

   • Renfers some areas inahbitale
   • Can cause Acid rain
     • Damage to ocean and costal regions
     • Ocean regions with more acid means less oxygen for ocean plants and animal

4. Freshwater Consumption

   • Fracking requires large amounts of frreshwater
     • contamination of water and surronding areas

5. Noise Pollution

   • Disuptes behavoiour of fish
   • difficult to communicate
   • Signiciant impact on whales who rely on high frequency sounds
   • Loss of hearing

6. Sesisimc Blasts

   • Killing and injuring marine life
   • Cause animals to leave habitat

7. Lack of Planning and control

   • Infratructure problems
     • Offshore plants have a limited life, but can reamin on sea level for years
     • Compamnies often dont have adequent plans in place to deconstruct oil riggs

8. Damage to costal regions

   • possible impact on tourism
   • Disrupts ocean landscapes
     • Alongside Global warming, melting icey habitas in artcic