7 Jul 2011 Casualty, Explosion, Fire, Pollution, and Sinking of Mobile. Offshore Drilling Unit DEEPWATER HORIZON, with Loss of Life in the Gulf of Mexico 14 Sep 2010 193 The number of pages in BP's official investigation into events leading to the Deepwater Horizon fire and subsequent oil spill, as released 30 May 2012 This study is examining the probable causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion , fire, and oil spill in order to identify measures for preventing 10 May 2010 Fire boats battle the fire on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon after the April 21 explosion. The post-mortems are only beginning, so the precise causes 21 Apr 2010 The Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible offshore drilling rig. The rig was built for drilling ultradeep wells in water far offshore, where most of the 17 Nov 2012 Officials said no oil was leaking from the charred platform, a relief for Gulf Coast residents still weary two years after the BP oil spill illustrated
National Academy of Engineering; National Research Council; Committee for the Analysis of Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Fire, and Oil Spill to In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S. 20 Feb 2020 Oil giant BP has confirmed the evacuation of its ETAP North Sea platform on Tuesday evening was due to a “small fire” with no injuries
10 May 2010 Fire boats battle the fire on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon after the April 21 explosion. The post-mortems are only beginning, so the precise causes 21 Apr 2010 The Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible offshore drilling rig. The rig was built for drilling ultradeep wells in water far offshore, where most of the 17 Nov 2012 Officials said no oil was leaking from the charred platform, a relief for Gulf Coast residents still weary two years after the BP oil spill illustrated The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was the April 20, 2010, explosion and subsequent fire on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast. The explosion and subsequent fire resulted in the sinking of The Deepwater Horizon rig, owned and operated by offshore-oil-drilling company Transocean and leased by oil company BP, was situated in the Macondo oil prospect in the Mississippi Canyon, a valley in the continental shelf.The oil well over which it was positioned was located on the seabed 4,993 feet (1,522 metres) below the surface and extended approximately 18,000 feet (5,486 metres) into the
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. Hydrocarbons from the well travelled up the riser to the rig, fueling the fire. Deepwater hours following the oil well blow-out and the rig fire broke out the night of April 20, On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 John Konrad is a veteran oil rig captain and a former employee of the Deepwater Horizon's owner, Transocean, and is the founder of the world's leading 8 Sep 2010 Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this handout photograph taken National Academy of Engineering; National Research Council; Committee for the Analysis of Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Fire, and Oil Spill to In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S.
20 Feb 2020 Oil giant BP has confirmed the evacuation of its ETAP North Sea platform on Tuesday evening was due to a “small fire” with no injuries