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Jun 17, 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.
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.
Jul 8, 2023 · At least two people were killed and one person is missing after a fire broke out Friday at the Nohoch Alfa offshore platform at the Bay of Campeche, in the Gulf of Mexico, the state-owned oil...
Jul 9, 2024 · Four people were injured near Bradley, Oklahoma, in Grady County on Monday after an oilfield explosion, news outlets report. The oil site is operated by Red Rock Oil and Gas, KOCO reported, and all the victims were employees.
Jul 8, 2023 · MEXICO CITY, July 7 (Reuters) - Two workers died and another remained missing after a raging fire broke out early on Friday morning at an offshore platform run by Mexican state oil company Pemex...
Mar 25, 2024 · The 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and fire resulted in the most significant offshore oil spill in U.S. history when an estimated 3.2 million barrels of oil escaped into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days from a damaged wellhead a mile below the surface.
Jul 7, 2023 · Two people died and one remains missing after a Petroleos Mexicanos natural gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded early Friday, the company said. Pemex CEO Octavio Romero said in a video...
