For the control of certain bacterial diseases of plants, streptomycin was indeed a silver bullet. Unfortunately, just as the emergence of bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics has limited their performance in clinical settings, streptomycin resistance has destabilized plant disease control.
Average costs of the oil spill clean-up for the oil disasters listed in the table work out at $161 Million, this does not include the estimated costs of $12.5 Billion to clean up the Gulf of Mexico, as this is unprecedented and would give a false value. Reference Web:
OPEC members with highest total cost of producing crude oil. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) members Nigeria, Libya, and Venezuela have the highest total cost of producing crude oil. The total production cost is at $31.6 per barrel, $23.80 per barrel, and $23.50 per barrel, respectively. However, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have the lowest total production cost at $10 per barrel and $8.50 per barrel, respectively.