2 Jul 2015 BP has agreed to a record settlement with the federal government and five Gulf states damaged by the massive spill lasting 87 days. 12 Feb 2020 Simulations show the extent of toxic oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico from the 2010 disaster. Deepwater Horizon rig on fire after explosion. After 25 Apr 2018 National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. (2010). The Use of Surface and Subsea Dispersants During 18 Sep 2019 In his years as a deep sea biologist, he has learned that disasters like this take a long time to recover from, and that the deep site would likely still 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. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an industrial disaster that began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8% to 31% larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill, also in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. federal government estimated the total discharge at 4.9 million barrels. After several failed efforts to contain the flow, the well
6 May 2010 The scale of the clean-up operation following the Deepwater Horizon A blowout preventer, intended to prevent release of crude oil, failed to activate. for the spill, paying for all legitimate claims and the cost for the cleanup.
Facts about BP Oil Spill 1: a bad accident The BP Oil spill is considered as a very bad accident. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank and exploded. For around 87 days, the oil was on the sea floor. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is also called the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, or the Macondo blowout. It was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest marine oil spill in history. The spill was caused by an oil gusher when the drilling machines exploded on April 20, 2010. The explosion killed 11 workers and hurt 17 more. The BP oil spill began when the Deepwater Horizon rig suffered an explosion on April 20, 2010. Of the 126 workers at the site that day, 11 were killed by the blast. In its first month, BP spilled 30 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, three times the Exxon Valdez oil spill . 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 87-day period, before it was finally capped on July 15, 2010.
18 Sep 2019 In his years as a deep sea biologist, he has learned that disasters like this take a long time to recover from, and that the deep site would likely still
After approximately 36 hours, Deepwater Horizon sank on 22 April 2010. The remains of the rig were located resting on the seafloor approximately 5,000 ft (1,500 m) deep at that location, and about 1,300 ft (400 m) (quarter of a mile) northwest of the well. The resultant oil spill continued until 15 July when it was closed by a cap. On January 16, 2018, BP PLC announced it would take a $1.7 billion charge for expenses related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It expects cash payments of $3 billion for the year. As of July 14, 2016, BP had spent $61.6 billion in court fees, penalties, and clean-up costs. The Deepwater Horizon spill was the worst oil disaster in US history. In this lesson, we'll talk about why it happened and what sort of impact it had on wildlife and humans alike.
25 Apr 2018 National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. (2010). The Use of Surface and Subsea Dispersants During
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment. Draft Restoration Plan for the Gulf of Mexico. Alabama • Florida • Louisiana • Mississippi • In April 2016, a federal judge approved the settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and BP for natural resource injuries stemming from the spill. This 2 Jan 2019 This is silently creeping towards the estimated 200 million gallons spilled by BP during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Back in November
2 Jan 2019 This is silently creeping towards the estimated 200 million gallons spilled by BP during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Back in November
10 Aug 2010 From the latest figures released by Unified Incident Command—a joint venture between BP, Transocean and multiple government The Deepwater Horizon oil spill blowout did much to change the perception of oil spills as coming just from tanker accidents, train derailments, and pipeline Number 1 largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. 11 people were killed in the explosion. About 200 million gallons of oil was released into the Gulf of Mexico