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What was the Deepwater Horizon disaster? | Live Science

Oil continued to spill from the pipe for 87 days, releasing an estimated 377,514 metric tonnes into the Gulf, according to court findings. The ...

Truth Dig: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Was a Cover-Up, Not a ...

The reality is that Corexit did not clean up the over 92,000 miles of spilled oil. Instead, it visually covered up the extent of the damage done ...

Overview of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010 - Pinellas County

Because of the spill's detrimental impacts on the Gulf Coast region, BP agreed to pay $5.9 billion for economic damage claims and $5.5 billion for Clean Water ...

Deepwater Horizon (BP) Oil-Spill Fraud - Department of Justice

This website will allow you to find current information on the work and progress of federal law enforcement to combat oil-spill fraud.

What did scientists learn from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? | NSF

The Deepwater Horizon well released an estimated 168 million gallons of oil and 45 million gallons of natural gas into the ocean, making it the largest ...

Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral ...

11 sites hosting deep-water coral communities were examined 3 to 4 mo after the well was capped. Healthy coral communities were observed at all sites >20 km ...

Valerie Jarrett and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Because if it was in America, it was going to become our problem,” said Jarrett. She soon learned that a powerful explosion had rocked the ...

Gulf Oil Spill Worse Than Initially Reported - My Nissan Leaf Forum

The Deepwater Horizon is listed in footnote 10: "(10) On April 22, 2010, the Ultra-Deepwater Floater Deepwater Horizon sank following a fire ...

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | Levy County, FL

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred on April 20, 2010. As a result, there was a serious impact to the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, ...

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Coast Guard Cohort study

We found positive associations between crude oil exposure and various acute physical symptoms among responders, as well as longer term health effects.

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Facts & Lies - BASS BARN

The worries concerned the same key safety device – a blowout preventer – currently being blamed for 11 deaths and the growing oil slick off the ...

Deepwater Horizon - Resolve Marine

The Deepwater Horizon rig explosion was one of the most high profile oil spills in recent history. The rig, owned by BP p.l.c., exploded and subsequently ...

Online community discourse during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

This study aimed to gain insights into the content and flow of the tweets that had shaped the conversation related to the oil spill within the first 4 months ...

Deepwater Horizon 10 Year Anniversary

CPRA has completed nine oil spill projects to date that have created or benefited more than 3,400 acres of land, restored critical habitats for the state's fish ...

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 2010 | NCDP

Two months after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion caused the oil spill now globally acknowledged as the worst environmental disaster in US history.

Story: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | CASPER - CDC

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) drilling unit exploded off the coast of Louisiana. This resulted in 11 deaths and the largest ...

Deepwater Horizon Ten Years On - The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Shortly before 10 p.m. on April 20, 2010, an explosion ripped through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Deepwater Horizon: Ten Years After America's Biggest Oil Spill ...

Raccoon Island has been restored in the last ten years and pelicans are nesting there again. Photo by Amy Shutt.

An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the ...

As the Gulf of Mexico recovers from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural resource managers face the challenge of understanding the impacts of the spill.

BP initiates response to Gulf of Mexico oil spill | News and insights

BP today activated an extensive oil spill response in the US Gulf of Mexico following the fire and subsequent sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon ...


Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 to 31 percent larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill, also in the Gulf of Mexico.

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

Government agency

The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling is a bipartisan presidential commission, established by Executive Order 13543 signed by Barack Obama on May 21, 2010, that is "tasked with providing recommendations on how the United States can prevent and mitigate the impact of any future spills that result from offshore drilling."

Economic effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Weeks after the event, and while it was still in progress, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was being discussed as a disaster with far reaching consequences sufficient to impact global economies, marketplaces and policies.

Deepwater Horizon

Semi-submersible

Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company.

Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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 of crude oil making it the largest marine oil spill in history.

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An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.