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Fishing boat Dora Mae leaves the BP dock in Apalachicola, Florida, May 5, 2010. The fishermen in Apalachicola and the surrounding communities are very concerned the oil spill from the Deepwater ...
The Apalachicola Riverkeeper is mounting a legal challenge to try to stop the latest effort to drill for oil in environmentally sensitive North Florida.
A plan to look and drill for oil in the Apalachicola River basin has drawn angry protests from Leon County’s delegation to the Florida Legislature and a pledge to seek stronger protection for ...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 when an explosion struck the rig, it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and sources estimated that between 134–206 million barrels of oil was released into the gulf.
This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons , 256 Imperial gallons , 7.33 barrels , or 1165 litres .
She said the plumes discovered by the University of South Florida and measured oil at less than 0.5 parts per million. [38] BP announces it will donate net revenue from oil recovered from the spill to create a new wildlife fund to create, restore, improve and protect wildlife habitat along the coastline of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and ...
Also: 'A big price': Oil drilling application in Florida Panhandle prompts environmental outcry Clearwater filed paperwork last December to work on a drilling pad between the Apalachicola and ...
To break up oil, roughly 1.8 million gallons of Corexit were dropped from planes and sprayed from boats — far more than previous U.S. oil spills. The manufacturer said it was safer than dish soap.