On 20 April 2010 the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, working the BP Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank, killing eleven workers; four million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged well before it was sealed, the largest spill in the history of marine oil drilling. The disaster reshaped offshore drilling regulation and stands as the modern measure of what deep-water oil can cost when it goes wrong.
Facts
Milestone Year Milestone Date LocationMacondo Prospect, Gulf of Mexico, United States 1 Connections
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Source United States Environmental Protection Agency Official Site
Source United States Environmental Protection Agency Official Site
Sources
1. United States Environmental Protection Agency Official Site
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On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of America, exploded and sank
Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Wikipedia)
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Beginning on 20 April 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform caused an oil spill and an environmental disaster off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.
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