Ten years after the deepwater horizon, new spills seem imminent ten years after the deepwater horizon rig exploded, sending some 750 million liters of oil into the gulf of mexico over the course of nearly three months, it’s still difficult to say if the disaster ever had an endpoint. The deepwater horizon catastrophe was an unusual oil spill, in that the leak came directly from the wellhead, pumping toxic oil directly into the deep ocean The use of more than a million gallons of oil dispersant in the cleanup operation is believed to have made things even worse, making this oil as much as 52% more toxic, harder to clean up. Is deepwater horizon still working On april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon rig, operating at the macondo site, experienced a devastating explosion that led to its destruction and the largest offshore oil spill in history, releasing millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico and contaminating 40 miles (64 km) of coastline. Fifteen years after the deepwater horizon disaster off the gulf coast, the effects of the largest oil spill in u.s
History are still being felt. Over 10 years after one of the largest environmental disasters in human history, a sticky oil residue still coats some marshland in the gulf of mexico, a new report reveals. After a massive explosion on the deepwater horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers on april 20, 2010, millions of gallons of crude oil spewed into the gulf of mexico for months, triggering the most.
OPEN
