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Bookmark or Share- Deepwater Horizon oil spill - WikipediaThe Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 to 31 percent ...
- Deepwater Horizon | Oil Spills | Damage Assessment, Remediation, and ...Oil Spill | Gulf of Mexico | April 2010 What Happened? On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion, which killed 11 men, caused the rig to sink and started a catastrophic oil leak from the well.
- Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Interactive | Smithsonian OceanWhat happened to the 3.19 million barrels of oil? How has it affected Gulf ecosystems and wildlife? Trace the path of the oil in this interactive, based on scientific research from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Click on the blue navigation buttons at top to follow the oil through time and space.
- Gulf Oil Spill | Smithsonian OceanOver the course of 87 days, the damaged Macondo wellhead, a part of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, located around 5,000 feet beneath the ocean's surface, leaked an estimated 3.19 million barrels (over 130 million gallons) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico—making the spill the largest accidental ocean spill in history.
- 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.
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