Sentences with phrase «oil rig blowout»

The movie depicts the thrilling story of the crew aboard the Deepwater Horizon as they experienced a catastrophic oil rig blowout on April 20, 2010, where crew members» heroic efforts led to saving many lives.

In 1969 a Union Oil Co. oil rig blowout gushed 80,000 barrels of oil into the ocean, covering shorelines and critical habitat for fish, marine mammals and seabirds.

Here's a link to the analysis, The Interim Report on Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Blowout and Ways to Prevent Such Events and here's the disturbing core statement from the academy's summary: Read more...

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When an off shore oil rig has a blowout or there's a nuclear accident, the responsible party should cover the cleanup costs, right?

After the disastrous blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, US President Barack Obama temporarily suspended any Arctic oil exploration.

One year after the blowout at the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent burning and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, what has been learned?

In 2000, the US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) published a report warning that there were several difficulties connected with deep - water well control, that experience in this area was «limited» and with many rigs having very high oil production rates, a blowout could be «a potential show - stopper» for deep - water drilling in general.

On April 20, 2010, a blowout at the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico sank the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, operated by BP.

Eighteen days before the Deepwater Horizon blowout, Obama observed, «It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills.»