Our investigation about the impact of petroleum industry on our offshore and land environment began by a research of South China Sea exploitation. Although proportionately and fairly shared with the exclusive economic zones, South China Sea has became a crucial territory disputed between the surrounding countries, especially China who claims 90 percent of its area. In fact, South China Sea is one of the world’s biggest oil and gas field. 60 percent of maritime trade passes through Asia, with the South China Sea carrying an estimated one-third of global shipping. Its waters are particularly critical for China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, all of which rely on the Strait of Malacca, which connects the South China Sea and, by extension, the Pacific Ocean with the Indian Ocean. As the second-largest economy in the world with over 60 percent of its trade in value traveling by sea, China’s economic security is closely tied to the South China Sea. On the other hand, South China Sea has rich fishing resources, and it represents itself 10 percent of world’s fisheries. Surprisingly the fishing area coincides with the oil and gas wells drilled and exploitation licensing blocks. This controversy prompted us to research oil spills, and futhermore to study the impact of petroleum activities on our live. For this purpose during the Rotterdam workshop we have explored Pernis, one of the Rotterdam’s borough which is completely enclosed in the industrial areas of the Port of Rotterdam. Today the name Pernis is mostly associated with Shell refinery, the largest refinery in Europe and one of the largest refineries in the world.