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Bookmark or Share- Deepwater Horizon explosion - WikipediaOn 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 – BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill | US EPAOn April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, 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. 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged Macondo well over an ...
- Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean Up ...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 happened during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?The largest marine oil spill in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, started on April 10, 2010. An estimated 60,000 barrels of oil spewed out of the damaged well each day. That is the equivalent of nearly 400 tanker trailers’ worth of oil per day!
- Deepwater Horizon 10 Years Later: 10 Questions - NOAA FisheriesThe 2010 oil rig explosion killed 11 people, injured 17, and released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the largest U.S. marine oil spill ever. From the earliest moments of the spill, and through today, NOAA played a lead scientific role in responding to the spill.
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