OIL AND IMPACTS

Oil and its environmental impacts this is India's oil reserves,which are being used at present,lie off the coast of Mumbai and in Assam.Most of our natural gas is linked to oil and because there is no distribution system ,it is just burnt off.This wastes nearly 40% of available gas.The processes oil and natural gas drilling,processing transport and utilization have serious environmental consequences ,such as leaks in which air and water are polluted and accidental fires that may go on burning for days or weeks they are put out.while refening oil,solid waste like salts and grease are produced,which also oilwells,the cleaning of oil slicks are caused at sea form off shore oil wells,the cleaning of oil tankers and shipwrecks.The most well-known disaster occured when the huge oil-carrier ,the Exxon Valdez snak in 1989 and birds,sea otters,seals fish and other marine life along the coast of Alaska was seriously affected.