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  2. Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling was established on 22 May to "consider the root causes of the disaster and offer options on safety and environmental precautions." [309] The investigation by United States Attorney General Eric Holder was announced on 1 June 2010. [310]

  3. Deepwater Horizon - Wikipedia

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    Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On April 20, 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]

  4. Deepwater Horizon explosion - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, After the Spill, [99] Jon Bowermaster investigates how the disaster affected local economies and the health of humans, animals, and food sources, and with Corexit, where all the oil went, as a follow-up to the pre-spill SoLa, Louisiana Water Stories, in post-production when the Deepwater Horizon exploded.

  5. Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling begins two days of hearings at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside [109] July 15 – BP test cuts off all oil pouring into the Gulf at 2:25 pm. [110] However Thad Allen cautions that it is likely that containment operations will resume following the test. [111]

  6. 10 years later: Scientists learn long-term impact of ... - AOL

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    Its been more than 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and now scientists are seeing the long-term impact of the damage. While RESTORE money is being used to help ...

  7. Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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    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.

  8. Deepwater Horizon litigation - Wikipedia

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    The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill resulted in an onslaught of litigation. Litigation commenced almost immediately after the explosion and oil spill. By May 27, 2010, Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon, said in testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that it was defendant in 120 lawsuits, of which more than 80 were class actions seeking payment for financial ...

  9. Efforts to stem the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    The Deepwater Horizon spill has surpassed in volume the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill as the largest ever to originate in U.S.-controlled waters; it is comparable to the 1979 Ixtoc I oil spill in total volume released (Ixtoc discharged 140 million US gallons (530,000 m 3) to 148 million US gallons (560,000 m 3); as of mid-July 2010, Deepwater ...