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MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) – The 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was far bigger than originally estimated, according to the results of a new study. A brown pelican drenched in oil by the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010. Nine years ago, BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, causing the worst oil spill in US history. The disaster on April 20, 2010 killed 11 workers as the flaming rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico. Within days of the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The BP oil spill was the largest spill in history. It unleashed more than 3 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
19 Apr 2019 Nine Years Later, the BP Oil Spill's Environmental Mess Isn't Gone 2010 killed 11 workers as the flaming rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico.
17 Apr 2015 5 facts about the BP oil spill. By Seth Motel. On April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 2 Mar 2017 On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, owned by BP, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to killing 11 crew members, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused $17.2 billion in environmental damage to the Gulf of Mexico. by Mike Gaworecki on 20 April 2017 |. The Deepwater 11 Dec 2015 A few months after reaching the largest corporate settlement in U.S. history, BP Plc faces a class action lawsuit in Mexico over its deadly 2010 20 Apr 2017 The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently
On April 20, 2010, BP's mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon exploded , burned, and subsequently sank in the Gulf of Mexico 52 miles southeast of
A brown pelican drenched in oil by the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010. Nine years ago, BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, causing the worst oil spill in US history. The disaster on April 20, 2010 killed 11 workers as the flaming rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico. Within days of the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The BP oil spill was the largest spill in history. It unleashed more than 3 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. After the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in 2010, BP paid out more than $60 billion in the US. More than eight years later, Mexico quietly settled with the oil giant for $25 million. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon/BP MC252 drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused the rig to sink. As a result, oil began leaking into the Gulf creating one of the largest spills in American history. During the next 87 days an estimated 4 million barrels (168 million gallons) The BP oil spill began when the Deepwater Horizon rig suffered an explosion on April 20, 2010. Of the 126 workers at the site that day, 11 were killed by the blast. In its first month, BP spilled 30 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, three times the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
12 Feb 2020 The cause of the discharge was an explosion on British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. That
23 Oct 2018 BP's oil spill dumped up to 176.4 million gallons, or 4.2 million barrels, of oil into the Gulf over 87 days in 2010. In December, SkyTruth estimated
The public relations strategy for dealing with a disaster such as the Gulf of Mexico spill, now officially the worst in US history, was always going to be about damage limitation. With each failure
20 Apr 2016 ARCHIVAL VIDEO: Deepwater Horizon oil rig in Gulf of Mexico ignited in 2010 explosionApril 21, 2010: The oil rig, under contract with BP, On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, causing a sea-floor oil leak 1 mile beneath the ocean's surface. 19 Mar 2017 Mexico's national government has other priorities than to support their legal fight. Along the US coast that was affected by the oil spill, millions
A brown pelican drenched in oil by the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010. Nine years ago, BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, causing the worst oil spill in US history. The disaster on April 20, 2010 killed 11 workers as the flaming rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico. Within days of the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The BP oil spill was the largest spill in history. It unleashed more than 3 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. After the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in 2010, BP paid out more than $60 billion in the US. More than eight years later, Mexico quietly settled with the oil giant for $25 million. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon/BP MC252 drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused the rig to sink. As a result, oil began leaking into the Gulf creating one of the largest spills in American history. During the next 87 days an estimated 4 million barrels (168 million gallons) The BP oil spill began when the Deepwater Horizon rig suffered an explosion on April 20, 2010. Of the 126 workers at the site that day, 11 were killed by the blast. In its first month, BP spilled 30 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, three times the Exxon Valdez oil spill. At some point, 88,522 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico were closed to fishing because of the spill, according to a federal report on the oil spill. A spokesman with BP declined to comment on the study’s findings. When reached by CNN on Wednesday, Transocean Ltd. deferred all comments to BP.