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On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast.
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill approaches the coast of Mobile, Alabama, 6 May 2010 Oil-stained beaches in Pensacola, Florida; 1 July 2010 Burning and skimming operations in the Gulf of Mexico; 10 June 2010 Thick oil washes ashore in Louisiana; 10 June 2010. The oil leak was discovered on the afternoon of 22 April 2010 when a large oil ...
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 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]
Price of a barrel of oil (West Texas Intermediate – Cushing, Oklahoma) is $84.34. [37] April 25 – Oil sheen seen covering 580 square miles (1,500 km 2) and is 70 miles (110 km) south of Mississippi and Alabama coastlines and was 31 miles (50 km) from the ecologically sensitive Chandeleur Islands. BP begins process to establish two relief wells.
June 6; Both the Coast Guard and BP say the cap is capturing 10,000 barrels (420,000 US gallons; 1,600,000 litres) a day. [18]The New York Times reports in an article headlined "BP Pays Out Claims, but Satisfaction Is Not Included" that BP has 25 claims offices across the Gulf and has paid $46 million to 17,500 residents.
The Mariner Energy Resources (ME) oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday ripped open the debate again over whether a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling should be extended and ...
Efforts to stem the Deepwater Horizon oil spill were ongoing from the time that the Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20, 2010 until the well was sealed by a cap on July 15, 2010. [1] Various species of dolphins and other mammals (61 casualties), birds (2,095 casualties), and the endangered sea turtles (467 casualties) have been killed either ...
The explosion of an oil pipeline in China's. In Asia Monday Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index slid 0.8% to 20,091 and China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 2.1% to 2,475. Japan's stock exchange was ...