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Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

Caused in the aftermath of a blowout and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, the United States federal government estimated the total discharge at ...

Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean Up ...

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil ...

Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill | US EPA

This webpage provides information and materials on EPA's enforcement response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, including settlements with some of the ...

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

The Deepwater Horizon Explosion On April 20, 2010, BP's mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, and subsequently sank in the Gulf ...

Deepwater Horizon | Oil Spills

The trustees assessed injuries to natural resources—such as fish, bottom-dwelling organisms, nearshore ecosystems, birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals—and ...

Human Health and Socioeconomic Effects of the Deepwater Horizon ...

The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the largest ever in United States (National Commission, 2011) and the only Spill of National ...

What happened during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

Some of the oil was trapped deep underwater and collected on the seafloor. About half of the oil eventually rose to the water's surface, where ...

The biggest oil spill in US history: What we've learned since ... - BBC

During the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP sprayed roughly 1.84 million gallons (8.37 million litres) of the dispersant Corexit on the surface ...

Gulf Oil Spill | Smithsonian Ocean

Over the course of 87 days, the damaged Macondo wellhead, a part of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, located around 5,000 feet beneath the ocean's ...

Deepwater Horizon | Florida Department of Environmental Protection

On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil drilling platform Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the largest oil spill in US history.

the Short and Long Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The volume of escaped oil continues to grow, expanding the area of impact and increasing the impacts to precious natural resources throughout the Gulf region.

Restoring the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the largest offshore oil spill in US history.

Deepwater Horizon explosion - Wikipedia

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by ...

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - GovInfo

Neither the. Government nor the National Commission on the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. (Commission) endorses any of the ...

Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Cleanup, Environmental Impact, BP

Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Cleanup, Environmental Impact, BP: Various cleanup efforts were coordinated by a group of government agencies ...

A Deadly Toll - Center for Biological Diversity

At least four species of marine mammals have been killed by the oil spill, including bottlenose dolphins, spinner dolphins, melon-headed whales and sperm whales ...

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Texas Parks and Wildlife

The platform sank releasing millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days.

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (full ... - YouTube

An investigation by FRONTLINE and ProPublica into how the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico was preceded by countless ...

Deepwater Horizon Gulf Restoration | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

In May of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Louisiana became a watershed event for the entire Gulf Coast ecosystem. The black tern was estimated to have ...

WHERE DID THE OIL GO? A DEEPWATER HORIZON FACT SHEET

Some animals ate oil droplets or particles and then excreted oil- containing fecal pellets, which sank to the seafloor. During the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ...


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.

Oil spill

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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.