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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 ...
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.
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 ...
An oil spill seen in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 16, 2023 Efforts continued this week to contain an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began last week and has now grown to more than a million ...
The spill, first detected on Friday by the US Coast Guard, threatens to harm endangered species that live there One million gallons of crude oil have leaked into Gulf of Mexico Skip to main content
Crews raced to clean up an estimated 126,000 gallons of crude that leaked from an oil-processing platform off the coast of Southern California. The spill, which has reached beaches and threatens ...
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.
When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of ...