Download Bp Oil Rig Explosion 2010 PNG. Oil rig sinks into the gulf after mexico, leaking gallons of oil into the water. The deepwater horizon oil rig burns in the gulf of mexico.

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President obama announced that his administration would create a $20 billion spill bp is responsible for close to $40 billion in fines, cleanup costs, and settlements as a result of the oil spill in 2010, with an additional $16 billion due to. On april 20, 2010, while drilling in the macondo prospect, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico. Immediately after the explosion, bp and the united states coast guard did not estimate any oil leaking from the sunken rig or from the well.

The rig was owned by transocean on lease to bp, which was the main operator and developer of the site, with anadarko.

The deepwater horizon was an offshore drilling rig, licensed to bp by. The macondo oil well is leaking almost 1,000 barrels per day into the gulf of mexico, and represents an environmental disaster in the making. The deepwater horizon was an offshore drilling rig, licensed to bp by. We really don't forget that stuff too easily.