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Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia
12 Jan 2025 at 9:57pm
The 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, [6] [7] [8] [9] considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 ...

Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean ...
12 Jan 2025 at 1:15pm
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.

Deepwater Horizon ? BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill | US EPA
13 Jan 2025 at 9:10am
On 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 ...

What happened during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
12 Jan 2025 at 3:28am
Key Takeaway: Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill affected many parts of the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem, from beaches and nearshore habitats to deep-sea coral communities. Each year, millions of tons of trash and other debris enters our ocean, and thousands of oil spills occur in U.S. waters.

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | Smithsonian Ocean
12 Jan 2025 at 2:26pm
Within days of the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the damaged wellhead pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

Restoring the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Horizon Oil ...
9 Jan 2025 at 12:21pm
In 2010, the unprecedented Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacted the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and communities from Texas to Florida. EPA, in partnership with other federal and state departments and agencies, is making significant progress in addressing the impacts of the spill.

Deepwater Horizon | Oil Spills | Damage Assessment ...
12 Jan 2025 at 1:58pm
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.



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