Deepwater Horizon
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Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gul
Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible drilling rig
Deepwater Nautilus, a sister rig of Deepwater Horizon, being transported by MV Black Marlin.
Deepwater Horizon in flames after the explosion
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an environmental disaster beginning 20 April 2010 off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. It is considered th
Deepwater Horizon
…inextinguishable and, two days later, on 22 April (Earth Day’s 40th anniversary), the Horizon collapsed, leaving the well gushing at the seabed and becoming the largest marine oil spill in history. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the rig was commissioned by R&B Falcon (a later asset of Transocean), registered in Majuro…
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill approaches the coast of Mobile, Alabama, 6 May 2010
Oil-stained beaches in Pensacola, Florida; 1 July 2010
Burning and skimming operations in the Gulf of Mexico; 10 June 2010
Thick oil washes ashore in Louisiana; 10 June 2010