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  2. Deepwater Horizon explosion - Wikipedia

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    Between 2005 and 2007, Transocean was the owner of 30% of oil rigs active in the Gulf, and 33% of the incidents that triggered a Minerals Management Service (MMS) investigation took place on Transocean rigs. However, in the 3 years from 2008 to February 15, 2010, Transocean was the owner of 42% of rigs active in the Gulf but was responsible for ...

  3. Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    Before she could make sense of it – a rig shaking shock that came out of nowhere – magenta warnings began flashing on her screen. Magenta meant the most dangerous level of combustible gas intrusion. [24] 9:56 pm CDT – Gas from the wellbore erupts through the rig floor and then catches fire. The explosion kills 11 platform workers and ...

  4. Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico This article is about the oil spill itself. For the initial explosion, see Deepwater Horizon explosion. For other related articles, see Deepwater Horizon (disambiguation). Deepwater Horizon oil spill As seen from space by the Terra satellite on 24 May ...

  5. Contractor Says Strange Chemicals Were Involved in BP Rig ...

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    An ill-advised attempt to evade environmental laws may have been the major cause of BP's (BP) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, testimony before a government panel revealed on Monday. The ...

  6. 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 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]

  7. Search is on for pipeline leak after as much as 1.1 ... - AOL

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    The amount is far less than the 2010 BP oil disaster, when 134 million gallons were released in the weeks following an oil rig explosion. Still, an environmental group described the spill as “huge."

  8. Gulf Oil Spill's Lessons Haven't Been Learned Yet - AOL

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  9. Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (July 2010)

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    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.