BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014317

Description: The cartoon shows an oil-covered flamingo and alligator. A tourist guide in a boat tells his group of tourists that they are a 'flamingoil and an oilygator'. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that started when a rig sank on 20th April 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014668

Description: Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlie tries to reassure a group of Maori protesters against offshore drilling that there will be no Mexican Gulf situation here, not one oil-sodden pelican. Text above reads 'Meanwhile - on a Bay of Plenty beach...' Refers to the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico with an oil spill from a BP rig that is still spewing oil two months after the problem began. Refers to the news that Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee recently awarded Brazil's Petrobras an exploration permit on the Raukumara block off the East Coast, and said he was 'aware of environmental concerns, but legislation was being worked on in terms of environmental requirements needed to be put in place in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014526

Description: The cartoon shows two frames headed 'As the spill comes ashore...' The first one shows oil reaching the shore in the Gulf of Mexico and covering the feet of a fisherman and the second shows blood reaching the shore in the Mediterranean and covering the feet of an Israeli. The first refers to the disastrous oil spill from a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which is ruining stretches of coastline and wildlife along four states. The second refers to the Israeli on a flotilla of aid ships that had run the Israeli blockade on its way to deliver goods to the Gaza Strip. Nine people were killed and dozens more wounded. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014321

Description: The cartoon shows a adult son who represents 'mankind' offering a mother's Day present of a can of 'oil slicks' to his mother who represents 'Mother Earth' and already holds gifts of greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. The two people stand up to their knees in oil. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that started when a rig sank on 20th April 2010 and that continues to spew from a well that is proving difficult to block and that is threatening wild life, the fishing industry and a huge length of coastline. Refers also to global warming. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0014598

Description: The cartoon shows the astronomical figure of $28,000,000,000 which has the letters 'il' printed small after each zero, making them read 'oil, oil,oil' Text above reads 'BP's compensation bill(Ions). Refers to the $20 billion compensation that BP has to pay in damages and in the clean up after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0014533

Description: The cartoon is headed 'Crude awakenings'; it shows an oil-covered pelican saying 'thanks to BP, I now wake up very oily in the morning'. Wordplay on 'early' and 'oily' and on the word 'crude' which can mean 'rough' or 'oil'. A second version has the heading 'Crude remarks' and the pelican says 'BP are a slick joke'. Wordplay on 'slick' as in 'oily' and 'sick'as in 'bad taste' joke. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is ruining the coastline and wildlife of four states. BP is responsible and vows to clean up the mess but they have not yet, after a month, managed to stop the spilling. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014593

Description: The CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, tells President Obama that they ARE trying but as yet cannot find anything better at soaking up oil than a pelican. $2 billion is the amount BP has already spent battling the Gulf oil spill (including the more than $105 million the company has paid so far to settle 32,000 claims) but the leak from the failed oil well continues. BP will set aside $20 billion to pay the victims of the massive oil spill in the Gulf, a move made under pressure by the White House. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014296

Description: The cartoon shows God and several angels in heaven. One of the angels peers down through the clouds and reports to God that there is a frightful mess down in the Gulf of Mexico. God replies that he wouldn't have bothered making birds, fish and animals if he had known how man was going to turn out. Refers to the terrible oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening to ruin huge stretches of coastline and is killing marine life. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014278

Description: The eyes alone of two fish gleam out of the dark. They realise that it is either a solar eclipse or an oil spill. Text above rteads 'A fishy tale from the Gulf of Mexico'. Refers to the catastrophic oil leak which threatens wide areas of commercially and environmentally important shoreline in the southeastern United States. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014566

Description: A oil-covered pelican representing 'Govt' stands in an oil-covered sea and thinks to itself that it's 'a bit sticky, but we'll cap it off..' A signpost stuck into the sea reads 'Foreshore and Seabed Proposal dispute'. Refers to the news that the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act is to be repealed - under the new legislation, the foreshore and seabed will be removed from Crown ownership and will become a public place - essentially the same as a public domain - with public access guaranteed and with no one having the right to sell any of it. Iwi will be able to seek customary rights and customary title through negotiation with the Government or through the High Court, but will still have to prove exclusive use and occupation since 1840. Customary title will cover development rights, and the right to veto development by others. Some mineral rights will be conferred. The universal recognition orders will recognise the links an iwi has with the foreshore and seabed, but will not confer any rights. The oil-covered pelican is a reference to the disastrous oil-spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The two versions are very similar Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014489

Description: The cartoon shows a planning room in the BP offices. On the wall is a notice reading 'Oil spill planning Room'. A number of BP staff sit at desks working on plans and on the wall is a list of plans ranging from 'Plan A' to 'Plan G' and on to even more plans. One of the men comments that they will be sweating by the time they get to plan 26. Refers to the reapeated failed efforts to deal with both stopping the oil spilling and cleaning up the contaminated sea and coastline after the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on 20th April 2010. News today suggests that the well will not be properly stopped until August. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014548

Description: The cartoon shows a madman who represents the 'World's lust for oil' desperately demanding a 'fix'. Above him hangs a huge seal that someone offscreen yells to have lowered as they have 'located the source'. Empty oil barrels lie around. Text at the top of the cartoon reads 'The answer to the world's oil problems?' Refers to the efforts to bung the well that is spewing oil Into the Gulf of Mexico after a disastrous oil spill that began 20th May 2010. BP is considered responsible but Houston-based Halliburton Co., the giant energy services company, was responsible for cementing the drill into place below the water and cementing was the single most important factor in 18 of 39 well blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico over a 14-year period. The cartoon suggests that killing off the world's lust for oil might be the answer to the world's oil problems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0015425

Description: A man representing 'BP' stands up to his nose in the sea - he sticks the finger of his right hand into an oil leak, thus stemming it, and ensures that the other hand, clutching banknotes, remains out of the water. Refers to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for which BP is ultimately responsible and suggests that while BP tries to plug the leak they are ensuring the security of their wealth. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014498

Description: The cartoon shows a large road sign that reads 'Petrol' and 'price' and shows images of fish, pelikans and crabs struggling in oil. Two people passing by comment that this shows honesty in advertising, the cost in pictures rather than dollars and cents. Refers to the catastrophic oil spill from a damaged BP rig that began on 20th April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and threatens wild life and livelihoods along the coastline of four states - Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014712

Description: A family collects pipi from the seashore and find themselves standing up to their knees in brown sludge. Text above reads 'Future kai moana harvesting in the Bay of Plenty'. The man remembers when the tide came in slowly and the woman adds 'as opposed to Brownlee'. A small boy asks if this is what you get from Gerry cans. There are wordplays here on the name of 'Gerry Brownlee', the Minister for Energy and Resources. Refers to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico which BP is having great trouble stopping and also refers to the news that Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee recently awarded Brazil's Petrobras an exploration permit on the Raukumara block off the East Coast, and said he was aware of environmental concerns, but legislation was being worked on in terms of environmental requirements needed to be put in place in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014716

Description: The cartoon shows American President Obama and his wife Michelle having breakfast and chatting about current problems. Obama tells his wife that he thinks he is getting on top of the Gulf problem by shortening his backswing. Refers to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that President Obama is endeavouring to have BP take proper responsibilty for. The cartoon suggests that he is tackling the problem more vigourously. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014530

Description: The cartoon shows the globe with a volcano spewing smoke, dust and ashes out of Iceland and oil leaking into the sea and dripping off into space from the Gulf of Mexico. A voice from New Zealand tells people not to panic as 'We're about to bring in our Emissions Trading Scheme'. Refers to the eruption of the Iceland volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, which erupted causing planes to be grounded for six days from 14th to 20th of April throughout Europe and continues to cause problems intermittently. Refers also to the disastrous oil spill from a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which is ruining stretches of coastline and wildlife along four states. Refers thirdly to the implementation of New Zealand's half-hearted efforts to mitigate the effects of carbon emissions. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014378

Description: A group of seagulls chat about having escaped the oil spill in Louisiana only to run into the ash from Iceland's volcano. A radio broadcasts the news about the volcanic ash. Refers to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is devastating a 60 mile length of coastline. Refers also to the ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014774

Description: The cartoon shows BP oil engineers playing a Bingo game at a booth called an 'Arcade Candy Grabber'. Refers to the struggle to find solutions to stem the continuing gushing of the Gulf of Mexico oil well spill. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0014523

Description: The cartoon shows a vast Gerry Brownlee, Minister for Energy and Resources, looking as though he could personally plug any size of oil spill, at a press conference. When he is asked about his reaction to the US oil spill disaster in light of the news that he has just signed off on a NZ off-shore oil-drilling deal he replies that he will sit on it and that if there is a leak in New Zealand he will sit on that too. Refers to the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico which BP is having great trouble stopping and also refers to the news that Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee recently awarded Brazil's Petrobras an exploration permit on the Raukumara block off the East Coast, and said he was aware of environmental concerns, but legislation was being worked on in terms of environmental requirements needed to be put in place in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).