Blowout! April 20, 2010: the Deepwater Horizon oilrig has just exploded. Eleven people are dead and crude oil is gushing into the sea. A nightmare--the United States' worst oil spill ever--is underway

Authors :: Kowalski, Kathiann M.
Source :: Odyssey. January 1, 2011, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p6, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: Over the next three months, 205 million gallons (4.9 million barrels) of petroleum hydrocarbons will pollute parts of the Gulf of Mexico with an oily, toxic mess. What Went Wrong? [...]

Subjects :: BP PLC -- Buildings and facilities
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 2010 -- Environmental aspects
Petroleum industry -- Buildings and facilities
Oil well drilling, Submarine -- Production processes -- Environmental aspects
Science and technology

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