21 Aug 2018 Even in an era of “alternative facts” when “truth isn't truth,” former Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottcamp's false claim about the 2010 BP oil spill was  It was drilling a deep exploratory well, 18,360 feet (5,600 m) below sea level, in approximately 5,100 feet (1,600 m) of water. The well is situated in the Macondo  

Learn about these and other facts in this informational graphic: Deepwater Horizon Spill: By the Numbers . 14 Jul 2016 The estimate covers the costs of numerous settlements tied to the 2010 oil spill. A worker walks among beach goers as he looks to collect small globs of oil that have washed up on Pensacola Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the   While in the 1970s there were 24.5 large (> 700 tonnes) oil spills per year, the Gulf War oil spill (1991),; the 3rd biggest was the Deepwater Horizon (2010),  23 Dec 2016 Six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we are continually asked two Our job is to investigate and compile the facts and actively 

23 Oct 2018 There's an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that could be bigger than Deepwater Horizon -- in fact it could end up being the biggest in U.S. history.

17 Apr 2015 5 facts about the BP oil spill. By Seth Motel. On April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico,  26 Feb 2020 April 20, 2010 - An explosion occurs on board the BP-contracted Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon oil rig, releasing approximately 168  The BP oil spill damaged the shorelines of four Gulf States: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Worse yet, it took three months to build the relief well to  In April of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform ruptured, and then exploded. Eleven people were killed and the rig started pouring oil into the Gulf of 

14 Jul 2016 The estimate covers the costs of numerous settlements tied to the 2010 oil spill.

Deepwater Horizon Facts Fact #1: More than 200 million gallons of crude oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Fact #2: Deepwater Horizon was a 9yr old semi-submersible, mobile floating, dynamically positioned drilling rig that could operate in water up to 10,000’ deep.

The over 200 million gallons of oil that spewed from Deepwater Horizon also killed off or stranded more than 900 bottlenose dolphins and killed around 500 sea turtles from five different species.

30 Apr 2018 Over the course of 87 days, the damaged Macondo wellhead, located around 5,000 feet beneath the ocean's surface, leaked an estimated 3.19  20 Apr 2016 Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill covered Alabama's Orange Beach in 2010. Photogrpah by Tyrone Turner, Nat Geo Image Collection  Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: an independent, And the President said we were to follow the facts wherever they. The 2010 oil spill had immediate and lasting consequences on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. Learn about the effects and aftermath. The Devastating Wildlife Effects of Deepwater Horizon — and the Next Catastrophic Oil Spill. The BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in 2010 spilled 205.8 million  8 Jul 2010 Here, nine facts in that vein about the spill: 1. BP execs were celebrating safety on the Deepwater Horizon at the exact moment it blew up.

23 Sep 2019 Freight Facts and Figures 2013 Water quality is affected by oil spills from vessels and pipelines transporting crude oil and caused numerous spills and in 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit 

14 Sep 2010 11 platform workers were killed when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded on 20 April. Their bodies have never been found, despite a  21 Aug 2018 Even in an era of “alternative facts” when “truth isn't truth,” former Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottcamp's false claim about the 2010 BP oil spill was  It was drilling a deep exploratory well, 18,360 feet (5,600 m) below sea level, in approximately 5,100 feet (1,600 m) of water. The well is situated in the Macondo   BP has been ordered to pay $5.5 billion to settle civil damages claims made by the U.S. as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The amount. 23 Sep 2019 Freight Facts and Figures 2013 Water quality is affected by oil spills from vessels and pipelines transporting crude oil and caused numerous spills and in 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit  20 Apr 2016 Today marks six years since the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig blowout that spilled 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

20 Apr 2016 Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill covered Alabama's Orange Beach in 2010. Photogrpah by Tyrone Turner, Nat Geo Image Collection  Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: an independent, And the President said we were to follow the facts wherever they. The 2010 oil spill had immediate and lasting consequences on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. Learn about the effects and aftermath. The Devastating Wildlife Effects of Deepwater Horizon — and the Next Catastrophic Oil Spill. The BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in 2010 spilled 205.8 million