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  1. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by BP. On 20 April 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]

  2. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP 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 ...

  3. Sep 8, 2010 · 8 September 2010. Firefighters battled in vain to save the rig. The Deepwater Horizon rig disaster caused the deaths of 11 crew and a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the 20 April ...

  4. Sep 8, 2010 · Eight catastrophic failures led to the explosion that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and leading to one of the biggest oil leaks in history ...

  5. Apr 20, 2020 · The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster was the largest single accidental release of oil and gas to the ocean. Over 87 days, oil, gas and dispersants impacted 11,000 km 2 of ocean surface and 2,000 ...

  6. Learn about the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history, which started on April 10, 2010 and lasted for 87 days. Find out how the oil impacted the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, wildlife, and humans, and how scientists and communities are working to restore the damage.

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