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An uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons ignited on the drill floor. Primary well control was provided by the completion fluid, but this was being changed out during normal testing operations. Primary well control was then the cement job on the liner which was woefully inadequate in design (BP US) and execution (Halliburton). With no primary well control, then the rig relied on secondary well control, the blowout preventer (Transocean). This also failed. Due to the explosion, damage and loss of the Deepwater Horizon there was no way to recover control. Therefore, tertiary well control was implemented; drilling a relief well into the toe of the uncontrolled well and killing it from the bottom.
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Where did the oil rig explode last April?
in the gulf of Mexico
What date did the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explode?
On the 20th April 2010.
Where did the rig explode?
The Gulf Of Mexico
When did the BP oil tank explode?
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.
What caused the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico?
An explosion on a oil rig.
Where is the oil leak on the Gulf of Mexico coming from?
The oil company BP had an oil spill on its rig in the gulf.
What is the name of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico?
There are numerous oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. If you are referring to the rig that suffered the recent disaster on April 20, 2010, it was called the Deepwater Horizon.
What state is close to the oil rig that is on fire in the gulf of Mexico?
Louisiana
What is the name of the oil rig that exploded in the gulf of Mexico?
Deepwater Horizon
What is the date of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico?
April 20, 2010
What is the cause of the oil spill of the gulf of Mexico?
There was a oil rig owned by BP that exploded.
Why is there an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico?
There is not one, but there numerous oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Their purpose is to pump the oil from the oil deposits located deep within the sea bed in that region.
