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 BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill. February 2020  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  13 Feb 2020 Satellites couldn't track "invisible oil" during the Deepwater Horizon spill in New techniques could help track oil during future spills BP's Deepwater Horizon rig spewed more than 200 million gallons into the Gulf in 2010. Maps, video, audio, graphics and photos guide you through the fallout from an oil rig explosion in 2010. Offshore drilling firm Transocean is to pay a huge fine for its role i Where did the Gulf's spilt oil and gas go? The Deepwater Horizon oil spill 

The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was the April 20, 2010, explosion and subsequent fire on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), 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.

26 Jun 2017 Fire boat response crews battle the blaze of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, in the Gulf of Mexico, April 21, 2010. Getty Images. One year on, what is the environmental legacy of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of cost The cost of Deepwater Horizon to BP itself Deepwater Horizon oil rig on fire   On April 20, 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven people and injuring seventeen more. Efforts to stop the spill failed. 20 Apr 2016 Today marks six years since the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig blowout that spilled 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. 16 Apr 2015 What the Gulf oil spill teaches us about drilling in the Arctic Two days later the rig was still in flames, causing Deepwater Horizon to sink and  10 May 2010 The Gulf spill harks back to drilling disasters from decades past Fire boats battle the fire on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon after the April 21  10 Dec 2012 On this day in 2010, an explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 50 miles off the 

Eleven of the 126 workers on the rig were killed and, over the following 87 days, an estimated 3.19 million barrels (~134 million gallons) of oil spilled into the Gulf ( 

13 Apr 2015 The oilrig burned for two days straight, a fireball that could be seen from shore, before the massive six-story tall platform sank into the oceans  2 Sep 2010 Engineers identify seven fatal flaws that led to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and draw lessons on how to prevent future  5 Oct 2016 'Deepwater Horizon' is remarkably fossil-fuel friendly for an oil rig disaster film. By . John Wills, University of Kent.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Environmental costs: Thousands of birds, mammals, and sea turtles were plastered with leaked oil. There was speculation that a spike in cetacean strandings and deaths that was recorded by NOAA beginning in February 2010 was further exacerbated by the spill.

13 Feb 2020 The oil in the Gulf was "invisible" to the satellite imaging that researchers relied on at the time of the accident, according to the paper. The  12 Feb 2020 Nearly 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a study on the Deepwater offshore rig killed 11 BP workers and spilled hundreds of  5 Jan 2018 We spent six months assessing what went wrong on the Deepwater Horizon and the effectiveness of the spill response, conducting our own  6 Dec 2018 This is part one of a three-part investigation into offshore drilling safety. Underwater, oil spills into the ocean from the Deepwater Horizon. 10 Sep 2019 (CNN) -- The site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has become a popular Spending time at the oil rig is also making these animals sick,  20 Apr 2015 Five years ago Monday, when there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon , an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the first news reports said that 

23 Apr 2010 When the offshore drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, burned and sank, the worst- case scenario predicted 336000 gallons of crude oil a day might 

12 Feb 2020 Nearly 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a study on the BP- contracted Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11  [So called because it occurred at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.] Also known by various other descriptions, such as BP oil spill, Gulf oil disaster, 

Offshore drilling firm Transocean is to pay a huge fine for its role i Where did the Gulf's spilt oil and gas go? The Deepwater Horizon oil spill  3 Mar 2020 On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon killed 11 men and injured 17 other crew members. Eleven of the 126 workers on the rig were killed and, over the following 87 days, an estimated 3.19 million barrels (~134 million gallons) of oil spilled into the Gulf (  damages claims made by the U.S. as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill . they blamed on the U.S. offshore drilling ban imposed after the 2010 spill. 12 Feb 2020 Nearly 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a study on the BP- contracted Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11  [So called because it occurred at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.] Also known by various other descriptions, such as BP oil spill, Gulf oil disaster,