News Articles for "Gulf Oil Spill"
Overseer of US victim funds says work wrenching
His work has immersed him in events that read like a roster of recent catastrophes, from 9/11 to the Gulf oil spill. Now, Kenneth Feinberg is adding the B...
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Halliburton seeking settlement over Gulf oil spill
BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 announced Monday that it is trying to negotiate a settlement over i...
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| Deepwater Horizon oil spill | |
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 The oil slick as seen from space by NASA's Terra satellite on 24 May 2010 |
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| Location | Gulf of Mexico near Mississippi River Delta, United States |
| Coordinates | 28°44′17.30″N 88°21′57.40″W / 28.7381389°N 88.3659444°WCoordinates: 28°44′17.30″N 88°21′57.40″W / 28.7381389°N 88.3659444°W[1] |
| Date | Spill date: 20 April – 15 July 2010 Well officially sealed: 19 September 2010 |
| Cause | |
| Cause | Wellhead blowout |
| Casualties | 11 dead |
| Operator | Transocean under contract for BP[2] |
| Spill characteristics | |
| Volume | 4.9 million barrels (210,000,000 US gallons; 780,000 cubic meters) ±10%[3] |
| Area | 2,500 to 68,000 sq mi (6,500 to 180,000 km2)[4] |
