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2. 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]

3. Oil fields operated by BP - Wikipedia

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   The Gulf of Mexico business unit is operated from Houston, Texas. Atlantis Oil Field; Mad Dog oil field; Macondo Prospect site of the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill; Nakika; Thunder Horse Oil Field; Tiber Oil Field (announced 2009; production not commenced)

4. Valaris Limited - Wikipedia

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   In 1975, after the 1973 oil crisis, John R. Blocker bought Choya Energy, a six-rig contract drilling company based in Alice, Texas, and renamed the company Blocker Energy. [2] In 1980, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. [3] In 1981 and early 1982, the company borrowed heavily to expand its fleet to 54 rigs. [4]

5. Don’t have a college education and want to make bank and take ...

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   Oil rig work is the hot job for many Americans. Sunny Nagpaul. January 27, 2024 at 3:30 AM ... Texas and Arkansas, which abut the Gulf of Mexico and its 6,000-plus oil and gas structures, or rigs ...

6. Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill ... - AOL

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   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 ...

7. Gulf Oil Spill Likely to Kill Oil Rig Jobs, Too - AOL

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   It has been one month since BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig erupted into a cloud of explosive smoke and fire, killing 11 crew members, and sending a thick deluge of oil into the Gulf off ...