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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.
Location: Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252), in the North-central Gulf of Mexico, United States (south of Louisiana): Coordinates: 1]: Date: 20 April – 19 September 2010 (4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days): Cause; Cause: Wellhead blowout: Casualties: 11 people killed 17 people injured: Operator: Transocean under contract for BP [2]: Spill characteristics; Volume: 4.9 MMbbl ...
A Florida TV station sent frozen Gulf shrimp to be tested for petroleum by-products after recent reports showed scientists disagreed on whether it is safe to eat after the oil spill. [42] A private lab found levels of Anthracene, a toxic hydrocarbon and a by-product of petroleum, at twice the levels the FDA finds acceptable.
Prices for large Gulf shrimp have gone up 30% to 40% since the spill. Many restaurants, however, are switching to alternative sources , hoping to appease customers worried about the effects of the ...
As part of an ongoing effort to protect consumers from potentially tainted seafood, the U.S. Coast Guard has seized about 19,000 pounds of shrimp from a commercial vessel fishing in the restricted ...
The purpose of the commission was to "consider the root causes of the disaster and offer options on safety and environmental precautions." [16] [17] On 8 November, the inquiry by the Oil Spill Commission revealed its findings that BP had not sacrificed safety in attempts to make money, but that some decisions had increased risks on the rig. [18]
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 ...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was discovered on the afternoon of 22 April 2010 when a large oil slick began to spread at the former rig site. [1] According to the Flow Rate Technical Group, the leak amounted to about 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal; 780,000 m 3) of oil, exceeding the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill as the largest ever to originate in U.S.-controlled waters and the 1979 ...