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There have been three major oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico: The Ixtoc I oil spill, from June 1979 to March 1980; The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, from April 2010 to August 2010; The Taylor oil spill, from September 2004 to March 18 2022
In 2013, some scientists at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference said that as much as one-third of the oil may have mixed with deep ocean sediments, where it risks damage to ecosystems and commercial fisheries. [68] In 2013, more than 4,600,000 lb (2,100 t) of "oiled material" was removed from the Louisiana coast.
April 6 – The Department of the Interior exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact study after concluding that a massive oil spill was unlikely. [8] [9] June 22 – Mark E. Hafle, a senior drilling engineer at BP, warns that the metal casing for the blowout preventer might collapse under high ...
NOAA ship Pisces reports the finding of a dead sperm whale 77 miles (120 km) due south of the spill. [107] [108] Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company under the Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group begin constructing sand berms off the Louisiana coast to limit the amount of approaching oil in the Gulf of Mexico. [109]
In response to public interest on the BP (BP) oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a new customizable interactive map of the spill's ...
Shell Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Brutus offshore platform United States, Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana: 12 May 2016: 316: 316: Royal Dutch Shell [89] Keystone Pipeline 2016 spill United States, Menno, South Dakota: 2 April 2016: 55: 55: TransCanada Corporation [90] Refugio oil spill United States, California, near Refugio State Beach: 19 May ...
The oil slick as seen from space by NASA's Terra satellite on 24 May 2010. 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 in history.
The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...