oil spillplanktonOn April 20, 2010, the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig resulted in the loss of 11 lives and the largest oil spill in US history (Graham et al., 2010) and perhaps the second largest in the world, after the first Gulf War Oil Spill from Kuwait. Over...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Highlighted Activities深水地平线漏油事故突出活动 热度: Persistence and biodegradation of oil at the ocean floor following Deepwater Horizon.持久性和降解石油的海底深水地平线 热度: An expert opinion of when the Gulf of Mexico will return to pre-spill harvest status followi...
2:13 ARCHIVAL VIDEO: Deepwater Horizon oil rig in Gulf of Mexico ignited in 2010 explosionApril 21, 2010: The oil rig, under contract with BP, exploded with catastrophic results. Joe Raedle/Getty Images -- Seven years ago today, an explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon o...
a root-and-branch review of the UK offshore regulatory system was carried out in the light of theDeepwater Horizonexplosion and oilspill. This produced 27 recommendations for how
The explosion that tore through the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig last April 20,as the rig’s crew completed drilling the exploratory Macondo well deep under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico,began a human, economic,and environmental disaster ...
anoil rig(=structure in the sea for getting oil from under the ground)that was in the Gulf of Mexico off the southeast coast of Louisiana. It was the deepestoil wellin the world. In April 2010 an explosion took place that killed 11 workers, and the oil well sank. This caused the bigg...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the BP oil spill refers to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. The spill was a result of the explosion of Deepwater Horizon, which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed 11 men working ...
The Deepwater Horizon explosion is the most infamous rig blowout disaster in the recent history. Credit: US Coast Guard. Deepwater Horizon Explosion Industry Practices December 1998– Construction begins on the Deepwater Horizon, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, in Ulsan, South Korea. ...
, releasing almost 5million barrels of oil before finally being killed five months after the initial explosion.[So called because it occurred at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.] Also known by various other descriptions, such asBP oil spill, Gulf oil disaster, Macondo blowout,and so on...
And two days later, the Deepwater Horizon sank to the bottom. This was just the latest disaster for a company that is the largest oil producer in the United States. BP, once known as British Petroleum, was found willfully negligent in a 2005 Texas refinery explosion that killed of its 15...