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The following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout). [1] [2] [3] [4] It was a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. [5]
4 kwi 2023 · A new National Academy of Science study says that 13 years after a massive BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some troublesome safety issues persist.
14 cze 2021 · After 10 years of researching the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its effects, scientists recently published their findings. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, a consortium of 17 institutions in six countries, was funded through a $500 million grant from BP.
An investigation by FRONTLINE and ProPublica into how the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico was preceded by countless safety violations.
13 kwi 2020 · From the coastal marshes to the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico, the entire ecosystem was impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Now, NOAA and federal and state partners are leading the largest environmental restoration effort ever there.
Approximately 90% of the volume of the Gulf of Mexico is contained in water deeper than 200 m, a region where the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout had more impact on ecosystems than any previous oil spill.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and fire resulted in the most significant offshore oil spill in U.S. history when an estimated 3.2 million barrels of oil escaped into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days from a damaged wellhead a mile below the surface.
