Donald Clark, 49, of Newellton, La. As the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, fouling 1,300 miles of shoreline along five states. 2. Two were employed by M-I Swaco, a division of oil-field-services company Schlumberger. In the end, the rig was set ablaze to recreate the explosions and inferno. What do we know about the Deepwater Horizon disaster? - BBC Kleppinger, 38, was a floorhand who had worked with Transocean for 10 years. Weise drove 10 hours to Louisiana every three weeks to work on the rig. Oil from last month's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has started drifting ashore along the Louisiana coast. It was drilling the Macondo well, in which BP was the majority owner. Below is a list of the strategies used to try to contain the spill. Official websites use .gov On the morning of April 12 after burning for about a day and a half the Deepwater Horizon sank. With no casket to put them in, his widow had the pictures laser-etched onto his gravestone. "The rig sank on my birthday, and Dale's birthday was April 24th. Corrections? The turtle was found about 35 miles from Venice, La., and was brought by boat and vehicle to New Orleans. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf More Photos, Louisiana Gov. In the end, there was a lot of blame to go around, which was the result of several oversights and missteps made by BP, Transocean, and Halliburton. Anderson was 35. Yes. Wife of Deepwater Horizon Victim Breaks Down in Emotional - People Anderson had been with the rig since it launched from a South Korean shipyard in 2001. Portraits of the 11 who died on the Deepwater Horizon: Jason Anderson wasnt even supposed to be on the Deepwater Horizon that day. Ten years later, BP oil spill continues to harm wildlifeespecially Jones arrived on the rig the day before the explosion. Every minute at least 150 gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf. Anderson began preparing a will in February 2010 and kept it in a spiral notebook. A member of Louisiana Gov. Furthermore, a report produced by BP known as the Bly Report states that before proceeding with well abandonment procedures, Vidrine spoke by phone to a BP engineer in Houston with regard to the problematic negative test. An oil slick is seen as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, April 21, 2010. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. environmental disaster, Gulf of Mexico [2010]. Five years later, their families -- mothers, fathers, siblings, wives and children -- soldier on without. Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, Herman Moffett of Hattiesburg, Miss., tries to unhook a crab he caught while fishing at Henderson Point in Bay St. Louis Miss. In the days following the explosion, it became evident that a large-scale environmental disaster had occurred, as approximately 210 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. -WashingtonPost.com, Yes, but this happened the following morning, not the night of the disaster. And I thought, 'Well, I musta burned up, because I don't feel anything. It was three days shy of their sixth wedding anniversary. I don't hear anything. 17 were injured. On September 17 the bottom kill maneuver was successfully executed through the first relief well. Large amounts of oil on the shore at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama, June 12, 2010. The entire rig, which was constructed using 3.2 million pounds of steel, was built inside of a giant two-and-a-half million gallon water tank. 5,533 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images "The day of the explosion was Dale's wedding anniversary," his mother, Mary Burkeen, wrote in a victim impact statement. "They had left without the captain and without knowing they had everyone who had survived all this on board." Photos: Animals Hurt By Gulf Oil Spill Full Coverage: Disaster in the Gulf, Associated Press journalist Rich Matthews dives into the waters in the Gulf of Mexico on June 7, 2010, to investigate what we aren't seeing from overhead photos.

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