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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.
Ixtoc 1 was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135 in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 50 m (164 ft) deep. [2] On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout resulting in the largest oil spill in history at
Apex barges oil spill United States, Texas, Houston Ship Channel near Galveston: 28 July 1990: 2,200: 2,200: Apex Towing Company [263] Mega Borg oil spill United States, Gulf of Mexico, 57 mi (92 km) SE of Galveston, Texas: 8 June 1990: 16,499: 16,501 [264] American Trader United States, Bolsa Chica State Beach, California 7 February 1990: 979: ...
Last month, we saw a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico go up in flames. You may not have heard about it, though, because that rig was drilling for natural gas, so the threat of environmental ...
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 ...
The 2004 Taylor Energy oil spill is an ongoing spill located in the Gulf of Mexico, around 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the result of the destruction of a Taylor Energy oil platform during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. It is the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. [5]
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