In Well Pads hundreds of miles into the Ocean there are colossal oil rigs. When an accident occurs, these accidents are responsible for creating biodiversity loss and destroying marine life for hundreds of miles. Most Clean up actions are very ineffective and tend to remove a small fraction of the oil. These Failures are often due to irresponsible corporate management and regulation. The extracted Raw Crude oil is shipped to a plant where it is separated in massive distillation towers. A furnace evaporates the oil and thus the oil is separated in the tower by their densities. The heavier items like unrefined asphalt base are on the bottom of the tower while gasoline vapors are at the top. The Process emits large amount of co2 and pollutes the air and water due to the escapement of toxic gases and chemicals into the atmosphere. These chemicals contaminate groundwater and local ecosystems

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