Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico The Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill Response Efforts. Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew (U.S Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico Following a Washington Post report, the U.S. Coast Guard told Taylor Energy to contain and clean up the spill, which has The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was the biggest oil spill in the U.S. history. The spill released more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and has been catastrophic to When Hurricane Ivan plowed across the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, it triggered an oil spill that is still leaking. It's the longest continuous oil spill in American history. Omar Villafranca reports Every year, natural oil seepage — unrelated to the oil and gas industry — releases an estimated 20 million to 50 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico, he said, from hundreds, possibly As the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, fouling 1,300 miles of shoreline along five states. The scientists concluded that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill killed thousands of marine mammals and sea turtles, and
172 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the size and scope of the spill, people wanted to know where the oil would travel. Some oil accumulated
23 Oct 2018 In 2004, Hurricane Ivan disrupted an offshore drilling operation owned by Taylor Energy. Between 300 and 700 barrels leak into the gulf each day 2 Dec 2010 The National Oil Spill Commissioners and Commission staff met to discuss and deliberate draft findings of their report on the causes of the BP 17 May 2016 spilled nearly 90000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico last week. The leak occurred about 90 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Glider 14 Oct 2017 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to an oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. The Bureau of Safety and 10 Dec 2012 On this day in 2010, an explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 50 miles off the
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an industrial disaster that began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered to
Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico Following a Washington Post report, the U.S. Coast Guard told Taylor Energy to contain and clean up the spill, which has The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was the biggest oil spill in the U.S. history. The spill released more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and has been catastrophic to When Hurricane Ivan plowed across the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, it triggered an oil spill that is still leaking. It's the longest continuous oil spill in American history. Omar Villafranca reports Every year, natural oil seepage — unrelated to the oil and gas industry — releases an estimated 20 million to 50 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico, he said, from hundreds, possibly As the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, fouling 1,300 miles of shoreline along five states. The scientists concluded that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill killed thousands of marine mammals and sea turtles, and In its first month, BP spilled 30 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, three times the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Over the next three months, oil leakage in the Gulf of Mexico created the biggest oil disaster in the United States.
19 Apr 2011 Forty-eight hours into an attempt to muscle a gusher of oil back into the deep-sea well from which it spewed, the flow of petroleum and gas
Scholastic News Online is tracking the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a collection of news stories, video, and other resources that will grow as the events of On April 20, 2010, an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico left nearly a dozen Acquired in the months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, this natural-color At the height of the oil spill more than one third of the federal waters in the Gulf and much of the state waters were closed to 172 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the size and scope of the spill, people wanted to know where the oil would travel. Some oil accumulated
One year on, what is the environmental legacy of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and was it as bad as feared? The impact. Counting the cost The cost of
5 May 2010 As the world watches for oil-covered birds, experts warn that the Gulf of Mexico spill could pose greater risks to life deep in the ocean. 3 Jun 2010 Millions of gallons (liters) of oil have poured into the Gulf of Mexico since an April 20 blast on the Deepwater Horizon rig triggered a huge spill, 19 Apr 2011 Forty-eight hours into an attempt to muscle a gusher of oil back into the deep-sea well from which it spewed, the flow of petroleum and gas 16 Oct 2017 An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last week may be the largest in the U.S. since the 2010 blowout at BP Plc's Macondo well that sank the 21 May 2015 Most importantly, there are no immediate answers to questions concerning short- and long-term impacts on habitats and marine organisms in the 20 May 2016 On May 12, an estimated 2,100 barrels of oil — nearly 90,000 gallons — spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil had leaked from an undersea