There were several explosions and the rig collapsed and sank. It is located at the bottom of the ocean. It sank to one side, and it is located over 1,000 ft from the wellhead, blow out preventers and marine riser. The marine riser disconnected from the rig and dropped to the sea floor. The oil initially was leaking from three locations: (1) A tear in he marine riser as it came out of the blow out preventer (2) the marine riser lying on the sea floor and (3) the drill pipe lying on the sea floor. Using the ROV's, a shut off valve was placed over the third leak.
A giant methane bubble escaped from the well causing the explosion.
Yes. Another oil rig (west of the rig that exploded on April 20, 2010) exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on the morning of September 2, 2010.
The zone is called Macondo Prospect.
Approximately 41 miles- see related link.
It happened on April 20, 2010
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April 20. A tank did not explode. A well began flowing oil onto the rig floor, fire broke out and the rig burned and sank. The well kept on flowing oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
There was a oil rig owned by BP that exploded.
in the gulf of Mexico
The Oil rig in the middle of the rig belonged to BP, or British Petroleum. The rig got to hot, and exploded, therefore causing disaster to the gulf coast
The oil company BP had an oil spill on its rig in the gulf.
The BP oil spill can refer to either the BP oil spill of March 2, 2006 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. BP oil spill of April 20, 2010 in the Macondo Prospect oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
On the 20th April 2010.
April 20, around 10:00 pm
The BP oil spills happened in:2006 Prudhoe Bay, Alaska2010 Gulf Of Mexico, on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, about 130 miles SE of New Orleans, Louisiana.The BP oil spill started in the Gulf of Mexico.
The big news was the BP Oil Rig Explosion and subsequent sinking.
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was from the Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig that exploded and spilled 42,000 gallons of oil into the ocean every day. It finally ended on July 15, 2010.