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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 ...
July 10 – Old cap removed from well at 12:37 pm CDT in preparation for a new cap. Oil is expected to flow unabated into the Gulf for 48 hours. [105] July 12; Three ram capping stack installed on the Deepwater Horizon LMRP at 7 pm CDT (0000 GMT). The stack completes the installation of the new 40-ton containment device sealing cap.
The report stated that, although the events leading to the sinking of Deepwater Horizon were set into motion by the failure to prevent a well blowout, the investigation revealed numerous systems deficiencies, and acts and omissions by Transocean and its Deepwater Horizon crew, that had an adverse impact on the ability to prevent or limit the ...
Transocean's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico more than four months ago, killing 11 of its crew and injuring 17. But the investigation into what happened on April ...
May 11; BP, Transocean and Halliburton officials testify before Congress blaming each other for the incident. [14]MMS and Coast Guard Joint Investigation Team chaired by USCG Capt. Hung Nguyen and MMS employee David Dykes begin a Joint Marine Board of Investigation into the accident holding the first hearings at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Kenner, Louisiana where they interview survivors.
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]
5,000 pound tank from the Deepwater Horizon washes ashore in Miramar Beach, Florida [69] [70] Keith P. Ellison rules that liability cases filed against Transocean can move forward under the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act; and that the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 does not apply (Transocean had sought to cap its liability at $27 ...
New sealing cap. July 11 Discoverer Inspiration delivers the new cap to the site and Discoverer Enterprise moves off its site above the leak. [56] [57]National Center for Atmospheric Research and University of Hawaii at Manoa release studies saying that if the spill continues to September 17 oil could reach the Carolinas, Georgia and Northern Florida by October 2010.