10 years after Deepwater Horizon disaster: Along Alabama’s Gulf …
2020年4月19日 · Ten years after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sent tendrils and balls and sheets of oil toward Alabama’s coast, definitive answers to big questions seem scarce. But...
Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia
[11] [12] The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is regarded as one of the largest environmental disasters in world history. A massive response ensued to protect beaches, wetlands and estuaries from the spreading oil utilizing skimmer ships, floating booms, controlled burns and 1,840,000 US gal (7,000 m 3) of oil dispersant. [13]
Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Summary, Effects, Cause, Clean Up ...
2024年12月19日 · 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.
Alabama Trustees Release Final Plan for $24.1 Million in …
2024年11月18日 · The Alabama Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) has approved a final restoration plan with projects to address injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Alabama | 1Gulf Spill Restoration
2023年4月20日 · Today marks ten years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred. The rig explosion led to the largest marine oil spill in American history and caused the loss of 11 men and injury to 17 others. For months, millions of barrels of oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico. Many coastal communities were severely impacted.
How We’re Restoring the Gulf 10 Years After Deepwater Horizon
2020年4月17日 · From the coastal marshes to the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico, the entire ecosystem was impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Now, NOAA and federal and state partners are leading the largest environmental restoration effort ever there.
Deepwater Horizon - Wikipedia
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]
Coast dramatically different 10 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
2020年4月19日 · Two hours east, in Gulf Shores, Alabama, a new beachfront hotel and park improvements funded with recovery money are drawing visitors and giving residents new ways to get outdoors.
Deepwater Horizon explosion - Wikipedia
Deepwater Horizon was a floating semi-submersible drilling unit—a fifth-generation, ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, column-stabilized drilling rig owned by Transocean and built in South Korea. The platform was 396 feet (121 m) long and 256 feet (78 m) wide and could operate in waters up to 8,000 feet (2,400 m) deep, to a maximum drill depth of 30,000 feet (9,100 m). [5]
Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts on Alabama beaches
2011年12月1日 · From mid June 2010 to early August 2010, the white sandy beaches along Alabama's Gulf coast were inundated with crude oil discharged from the Deepwater Horizon well. The long-term...
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