Deepwater Horizon workers’ families cherish memories | CNN
Apr 10, 2015 · He was 35 years old, one of 11 men killed when Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. In the weeks and months immediately after her dad’s death, the little girl would...
Deepwater Horizon victims - CNN
Apr 10, 2015 · Eleven men were killed when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010. Five years later, their families -- mothers, fathers, siblings, wives and children -- soldier on without them...
Families of killed rig workers react to BP settlement | CNN
Nov 15, 2012 · Some families of the victims in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion are pleased that BP is being held accountable.
Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean Up ...
Dec 19, 2024 · Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 41 miles (66 km) off the coast of Louisiana—and its subsequent sinking on April 22.
Deepwater Horizon - Wikipedia
The final defense to prevent an oil spill, a device known as a blind shear ram, was activated but failed to plug the well. [54] Ten workers were presumed killed by the initial explosion: Jason Anderson, 35, of Midfield, Texas; Donald Clark, 49, of Newellton, Louisiana; Stephen Ray Curtis, 40, of Georgetown, Louisiana;
The 11 workers who died on the Deepwater Horizon
Nov 15, 2012 · A list of the 11 workers who died after a blast on the BP-leased drilling rig Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010, about 50 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
Remembering the Victims and Survivors of Deepwater Horizon
Oct 1, 2016 · Eleven families lost a loved one that day. But we know it could have been a loved one from any of tens of thousands of families. Six years later, as we work to restore the Gulf from the BP oil disaster, it’s important that we keep this loss as part of our perspective.
Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill | US EPA
Jul 24, 2024 · 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 workers on the Deepwater Horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. 4 million barrels of oil flowed from the damaged Macondo well over an ...
Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, [6] [7] [8] [9] considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 ...
Deepwater Horizon explosion - Wikipedia
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 Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast.