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On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil drilling platform Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 41 miles (66 km) off the coast of Louisiana—and its subsequent sinking on April 22.
In 2010, the unprecedented Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacted the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and communities from Texas to Florida. EPA, in partnership with other federal and state departments and agencies, has made significant progress in addressing the impacts of the spill.
As of July 2011, about 491 mi (790 km) of coastline in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were contaminated by oil and a total of 1,074 mi (1,728 km) had been oiled since the spill began. [58]
On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged Macondo well over an ...
Cleanup crews in Pensacola Beach, Florida, try to remove oil from the sand in November 2010. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that severely injured the environment also directly affected the seafood trade and tourism economies of five Gulf states.
The explosion, which killed 11 men, caused the rig to sink and started a catastrophic oil leak from the well. Before it was capped three months later, approximately 134 million gallons of oil had spilled into the Gulf, the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. What Were the Impacts?
So began an 87-day oil spill that spewed 3.19 million barrels, or nearly 134 million gallons, into the Gulf of Mexico. It fouled the coasts of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas and launched a six-year long environmental and legal battle.
Ten years ago today, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, which killed up to 1 million birds, turned a corner. Following the oil rig’s initial explosion and sinking on April 20, 2010, the deep-sea well spewed 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and fire resulted in the most significant offshore oil spill in U.S. history when an estimated 3.2 million barrels of oil escaped into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days from a damaged wellhead a mile below the surface.