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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
June. June 1 – Oil began washing up on the beaches of Gulf Islands National Seashore. [88] June 4 – Tar balls arrive on beaches in Pensacola, Florida. [89] June 5 – Obama makes third trip to Louisiana since the disaster began, visits Grand Isle, Louisiana for the second time in two weeks.
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. Both the spill and the cleanup efforts had effects on the environment.
Barge hits bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island, causing partial collapse and oil spill By LEKAN OYEKANMI and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into waters near busy shipping channels and closing the only road to a small ...
Ixtoc I oil spill. Ixtoc 1 was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135 in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 50 m (164 ft) deep. [2] On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout resulting in the largest oil spill in ...
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
Oil spills are a routine consequence of the industrial activity around Galveston Bay, with hundreds of spills taking place in a typical year. [56] On March 22, 2014, a barge carrying marine fuel oil collided with another ship in the Houston Ship Channel, causing the contents of one of the barge's 168,000-US-gallon (640,000 L) tanks to leak into ...
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into waters near busy shipping channels and closing the only road to a small ...