NEW ORLEANS — An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history. The disaster on April 20, 2010 killed 11 workers as the flaming rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico. It took nearly three months to stem the flow of oil from the ruptured undersea well. 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) BP today activated an extensive oil spill response in the US Gulf of Mexico following the fire and subsequent sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles south-east of New Orleans. BP is assisting Transocean in an assessment of the well and subsea blow out preventer 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 . — In 2004, Hurricane Ivan plowed across the Gulf of Mexico and triggered an oil spill that is still leaking. It's the longest continuous oil spill in American history. Captain Rick Jiannuzzi took CBS News to where the Taylor oil rig once stood.
Oil spills happen every single year. 2010, spilling of 18,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico s Delta. National Wildlife Refuge from a ruptured BP pipeline to the cataclysmic April 20 spill. an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, caused by an explosion at the Macondo oil field being developed by British Petroleum (BP). By far the world's largest "A Flood of Oil Spill Lawsuits Expected Against BP this Month", 2 May 2016 the owner of the offshore drilling rig involved in BP's 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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 injured 17 people. On April 20, an explosion at a British Petroleum (BP) exploratory drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and initiated what could be the worst industrial disaster in U.S. history.
30 Jul 2010 BP GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL. John Wyeth Griggs*. Synopsis: The blowout of BP‟s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico on. April 20, 2010 20 Apr 2016 ARCHIVAL VIDEO: Deepwater Horizon oil rig in Gulf of Mexico ignited in 2010 explosionApril 21, 2010: The oil rig, under contract with BP, 4 Apr 2016 over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation over what caused one of the biggest ever environmental disasters. 20 Apr 2015 5 years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, certain consequences such as environmental damage, the fine for BP and future prevention measures 2 Jul 2015 British Petroleum (BP) has reached a settlement agreement in the case of the catastrophic 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Bloomberg In April 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Over the 4 Aug 2010 BP 'plugs' Gulf of Mexico oil spill (Update). by Matt Davis. The procedure involved pumping heavy drilling fluid into the well to push leaking crude
As officials continue to carry out cleanup efforts from the deadly April 20 BP oil spill, one thing is clear: Last week's Gulf Coast spill is one of the worst in history.It's tough to say just how An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last week may be the largest in the U.S. since the 2010 blowout at BP's Macondo well that sank the Deepwater Horizon rig and killed 11 people. The Delta House floating production facility about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana, BP has agreed to pay $18.7 billion to settle all claims by the federal government, five states and hundreds of local governments over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill Sep 22, 2015 02:16 The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, releasing about 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal; 780,000 m 3) of crude oil making it the largest marine oil spill.