Exxon Valdez Affair MASON MOTES What Caused It

Exxon Valdez Affair MASON MOTES

What Caused It � The Captain of the ship was drunk and It was left to the third mate to control the ship ( sounds like this guy could be from ware shoals or greenwood). � The third mate did not properly steer the ship, there’s been a theory that it was due to fatigue from being overworked. � The radar was broken and the state of the art iceberg monitoring equipment that was promised was never given, Exxon tried to go the cheap route but it really cost them in the long run. (BP should have learned that you think? )

Responses from the Incident � Exxon responded very slowly to say the least. � The Mayor of Valdez called out Exxon saying that they completely betrayed Alaska. � A clean up was attempted, not very successful though, less than 10 percent was cleaned up and the shoreline still remains contaminated today and will be for years to come. � Many scientist and Alaskans were highly upset

Lessons Learned � One of the main lessons learned is that when your dealing with an environmental disaster a quick response that shows you care is extremely important. � Equally is important is having a full proof plan, Exxon’s attempts at clean up were highly ineffective and when cleaning up a disaster be sure and do it the right way even though it takes time, the quickest clean up attempts aren’t always the best ones.

Disaster Costs � The company name is probably self explanatory Exxon-Mobil. � The disaster costs Exxon so much that they had to merge with Mobil. � 287 million was rewarded to actual damages and 5 billion to punitive damages � Exxon had to take out a 4. 8 billion dollar credit (that’s a lot debt).

Lingering Effects � The lingering effects are an obvious one for this case. � Oil spill clean ups have vastly improved after this incident. � Exxon merged with Mobil to become Exxon Mobil. � Of course the shore lines in Alaska that were effected by the spill, they will still be for years to come.