Deep water offshore drilling

Deep-water Horizon oil spill documentary

 BBC overview - excellent

Wikipedia entry

Create a case study on deep-water drilling and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in particular.
Include the following information:

• What is deep-water drilling? Give examples of the technological challenges involved
• Give examples of where it is happening at the moment
• Describe the events of the Deepwater Horizon spill
• Desribe the impacts of the spill. Environmental, economic, social etc.