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An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history.
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Deepwater Horizon explosion
2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
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 Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Deepwater Horizon
Former offshore oil drilling rig
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Oil platform
Offshore ocean structure with oil drilling and related facilities
An oil platform is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Many oil platforms will also have facilities to accommodate the workers, although it is also common to have a separate…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gulf of Mexico
Marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean
The Gulf of Mexico is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an environmental disaster beginning 20 April 2010 off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. It is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)