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Before she could make sense of it – a rig shaking shock that came out of nowhere – magenta warnings began flashing on her screen. Magenta meant the most dangerous level of combustible gas intrusion. [24] 9:56 pm CDT – Gas from the wellbore erupts through the rig floor and then catches fire. The explosion kills 11 platform workers and ...
Patrick O'Bryan, BP Vice President of drilling, was on the platform two hours prior to the explosion [35] to celebrate seven years without a "lost-time incident" with the rig's crew. [36] A BP official on board the rig directed the crew to replace the drilling mud with lighter seawater even though the rig's chief driller protested. [26]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico This article is about the oil spill itself. For the initial explosion, see Deepwater Horizon explosion. For other related articles, see Deepwater Horizon (disambiguation). Deepwater Horizon oil spill As seen from space by the Terra satellite on 24 May ...
An ill-advised attempt to evade environmental laws may have been the major cause of BP's (BP) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, testimony before a government panel revealed on Monday. The ...
After the explosion on April 20, 2010, the spill was spectacular. A camera live-streamed the rupture on cable news, showing the world in real time gushing oil that wouldn’t stop.
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 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]
The amount is far less than the 2010 BP oil disaster, when 134 million gallons were released in the weeks following an oil rig explosion. Still, an environmental group described the spill as “huge."
Towing vessel Pere Ana C pushing the barge Captain Beauford collides with Louisiana-owned oil and natural gas rig C177 in the northern part of Barataria Bay south of Lafitte, Louisiana. 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of boom are placed around rig while it is evaluated. [130] [131] Allen says static kill from the top is scheduled to begin August 2. . [130]