The most recent (20 April 2010) BP oil spill has been going on for 91 days as of 2010 July 19th.
The Alaskan Prudhoe Bay spill was discovered 2006 Mar 6, about a week after the first significant leaks began occurring. It took many months for the oil to be fully stopped and cleaned up.
87 days
This depends on which oil spill is being referred to. See related questions.
50days
88 days so far
As of June 26th, 2010 it will be the 68th day of the oil spill, and each day more and more oil is being released and destroying life all around. What a terrible tragedy.This is a terrible tragedy, this will effect EVERYTHING. The food chain, and all the innocent Animals, and people- amandap11
the last oil spill was the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico
Generally yes. The damage caused by an oil spill is related to a number of factors. But an oil spill of 20,000 barrels per day is very difficult to capture. The other factors include the proximity of the spill to the beaches and threaten ecosystem. Another factor is the number of days that the oil flows from the well. With the BP spill, it may be close to 100 days before the well is killed.
Yes of course it spilled so many gallons of oil that it dwarfs all other oil spills.
This is a simple problem. Just take 34,700,000 and divide by 4 to get the answer, 8,675,000 gallons.
11 workers were killed in the 1979 Ixtoc oil spill.
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The 'Deepwater Horizon oil spill', also called the 'BP Oil Spill', the 'Gulf of Mexico oil spill' or the 'Macondo blowout'... ---- Wikipedia