The gulf coast and the bp oil spill

5 days ago Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 people. The final bill for the tragedy is now clear, but the costs of American litigiousness will be felt for years to come. Double, double, oil and trouble. Deepwater Five years ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 and sending a torrent of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. When it was finally capped, more Summary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, response to wildlife that may have been exposed to or impacted by the spill, and marine mammal injury assessment

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

24 Sep 2019 Tar balls on Pensacola Beach from 2010 BP oil spill could last at Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico off 20 Apr 2016 Volunteers clean an oil covered white pelican found off the Louisiana coast and affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of For the Deepwater Horizon spill, NRDA activities to date have been divided into categories that focus on specific organisms, habitats or uses. These categories

On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon/BP MC252 drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused the rig to sink. As a result, oil began leaking into the Gulf creating one of the largest spills in American history. During the next 87 days an estimated 4 million barrels (168 million gallons) were released from the reservoir, of which 3.19 million (134 million gallons) were released into the Gulf of Mexico.

BP Gulf Coast Oil Spill. On April 20, 2010, the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned and operated by Transocean Ltd., and contracted by BP to drill in the Gulf of 2 Jul 2015 BP has reached an $18.7bn (£12bn) settlement with the US Department of Justice following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. 8 Sep 2010 A long-awaited BP report lists eight reasons for the accident that caused its catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill. the explosion that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and 5 Sep 2011 Photo of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill (Image by Wikimedia user FinneJager (cc:by-sa)). Share. Story from Here and Now. Listen to audio 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 3 Jun 2010 Millions of gallons (liters) of oil have poured into the Gulf of Mexico since an April 20 blast on the Deepwater Horizon rig triggered a huge spill,

Ten days ago, after an explosion occurred on BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig off the Gulf Coast, the initial word from the Coast Guard was that there was no oil spill.

12 Feb 2020 The cause of the discharge was an explosion on British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. That Isn't BP supposed to pay for spilling oil into the Gulf? ordered that the majority of civil fines stemming from the oil spill be spent on Gulf Coast restoration efforts. Complete coverage of the massive oil spill on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Four years after devastating BP oil spill, scientists search for life in the Gulf. Oceanography

Complete coverage of the massive oil spill on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Four years after devastating BP oil spill, scientists search for life in the Gulf. Oceanography