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- Deepwater Horizon explosion - Wikipedia
On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast
- Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean . . .
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 41 miles (66 km) off the coast of Louisiana—and its subsequent sinking on April 22
- What was the Deepwater Horizon disaster? - Live Science
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 people Two days later, the rig capsized, and the damaged pipe below the rig began spewing oil into the
- UAE coast guard evacuates 24 people from oil tanker crash . . .
The Emirati national guard says it has evacuated 24 people from an oil tanker after a collision between two ships just east of the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz
- Deepwater Horizon 10 Years Later: 10 Questions - NOAA Fisheries
On April 20, the United States will commemorate ten years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) The 2010 oil rig explosion killed 11 people, injured 17, and released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of America It was the largest U S marine oil spill ever From the earliest moments of the spill, and through today, NOAA played a lead
- Deepwater Horizon - National Centers for Environmental . . .
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and fire resulted in the most significant offshore oil spill in U S history when an estimated 3 2 million barrels of oil escaped into the Gulf of America over 87 days from a damaged wellhead a mile below the surface Eleven workers were killed, and ecosystems across the Gulf of America suffered
- Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of America Oil Spill | US EPA
Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of America Oil Spill On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of America, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations
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