Deepwater Horizon explosion
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On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo
Anchor handling tugs and platform supply vessels combat the fire on the Deepwater Horizon while the United States Coast Guard searches for missing crew.
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig before the explosion
Deepwater Horizon on fire as supply boats approach her.
A helicopter crew medevac survivors from Deepwater Horizon after the explosion.
Blowout (well drilling)
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A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed. Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent
Deepwater Horizon explosion
…coast. The explosion and subsequent fire resulted in the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and the deaths of 11 workers; 17 others were injured. The same blowout that caused the explosion also caused an oil well fire and a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, considered the largest accidental marine…
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Ixtoc I oil well blowout
Government Accountability Office diagram showing subsea well containment operations