Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean Up ...
网页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 oil spill - Wikipedia
网页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 ...
What do we know about the Deepwater Horizon disaster? - BBC
网页2010年9月8日 · The Deepwater Horizon rig disaster caused the deaths of 11 crew and a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the 20 April catastrophe there has been much discussion in US...
Deepwater Horizon Ten Years On - The New York Times
网页2020年4月19日 · WASHINGTON — Shortly before 10 p.m. on April 20, 2010, an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, unleashing the worst offshore oil spill in United...
Deepwater Horizon - Wikipedia
网页On April 20, 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]
Deepwater Horizon explosion - Wikipedia
网页On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, 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.
Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill | US EPA
网页2024年7月24日 · 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 was the Deepwater Horizon disaster? | Live Science
网页2021年4月19日 · On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 people. Two days later, the rig capsized, and the damaged pipe below the rig began spewing oil...
Deepwater Horizon - National Centers for Environmental Information
网页The 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and fire resulted in the most significant offshore oil spill in U.S. history when an estimated 3.2 million barrels of oil escaped into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days from a damaged wellhead a mile below the surface.
Deepwater Horizon 10 Years Later: 10 Questions - NOAA Fisheries
网页2020年4月13日 · The 2010 oil rig explosion killed 11 people, injured 17, and released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the largest U.S. marine oil spill ever. From the earliest moments of the spill, and through today, NOAA played a lead scientific role in responding to the spill.