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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.
The Department of the Interior exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact study after concluding that a massive oil spill was unlikely. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In addition, following a loosening of regulations in 2008, BP was not required to file a detailed blowout plan.
Location: Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252), in the North-central Gulf of Mexico, United States (south of Louisiana): Coordinates: 1]: Date: 20 April – 19 September 2010 (4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days): Cause; Cause: Wellhead blowout: Casualties: 11 people killed 17 people injured: Operator: Transocean under contract for BP [2]: Spill characteristics; Volume: 4.9 MMbbl ...
An explosion and fire erupted inside a tequila factory Tuesday, killing at least five workers and injuring two others at the site in the liquor's namesake town in Jalisco state, Mexican ...
An explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico left six workers injured and several others missing, Mexican officials said Friday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at ...
A large gas explosion in a residential building in Mexico City on Monday has injured dozens and killed at least one person.The source of the gas leak was not immediately clear but the Mexico City ...
The Health consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are health effects related to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. An oil discharge continued for 84 days, resulting in the largest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, estimated at 206 million gallons (4.9 ...
The explosion of a fireworks workshop near Mexico's Gulf coast left at least four men killed, authorities in the central state of Puebla said Wednesday. The blast occurred Tuesday in the township ...