How did the gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010 happen?

Answer 1

The most notable oil spill of 2010 was the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, occurring on April 20. This was caused by a blowout causing a methane explosion and fire, damaging the oil rig.

Other Oil spills of 2010 include:

• Yellow River oil spill in China, started on 30 December 2009 and continued in 2010. Ruptured Pipeline.
• Port Arthur oil spill in Texas, USA, started 23 January. Oil tanker colliding with barge.
• Great Barrier Reef oil spill off Australia, started 3 April. Carrier ran aground.
• ExxonMobil oil spill in Nigeria, started 1 May. Ruptured Pipeline.
• MT Bulunga Kelana 3, Malaysia, started 25 May. Oil tanker colliding with freighter
• Red Butte Creek, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 11 June. Ruptured Pipeline.
• Red Sea oil spill in Egypt, started on 15 June. Oil leak from a platform, cause unknown at this time.
• Xingang Port oil spill in China, Started on July 16. 2 pipelines exploded.
• Talmadge Creek, Kalamzoo, Michigan July 26. Enbridge pipeline leak.
• Barataria Bay, Lousiana, 50 miles south of New Orleans. July 27 to present day. Tugboat collided with abandoned wellhead.
• Mumbai Oil Spill. August 7. 2 ships, the MV Khalijia 3 and MSC Chitra collided causing oil containers to be thrown from the MSC Chitra into the coast of Mumbai.

Answer 2

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The gulf oil spill may refer to several oil spills:

• Any of the Gulf of Mexico Oil spills
• The Gulf War oil spill.
• Any of the Persian Gulf oil spills.

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Answer 3

This is a simple question, but in some cases, simple questions do not have a simple answer. On September 8, 2010, BP posted to their website a report of their internal investigation of the accident. (see related link) Two companies, Halliburton and Transocean, who had employees working on the rig the day of the accident have issued press releases critical of the BP report.

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Also, there are a number of ongoing investigations. The US Coast Guard and the Marine Management Service are conducting the "Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation" (see related link) and President Obama has commissioned a special task force to review the event and deepwater drilling in general, and make recommendations.

The spill was caused by a well blow out, or an uncontrollable flow of oil. The oil flowed from a oil deposit approximately 18,000 ft below sea level, up the well and out into the Gulf of Mexico.

The blow out was caused by a two failures. First, the well barriers such as cement designed to stop the oil from flowing into the well failed. Second, the blow out preventers did not work. The blow out preventers are emergency well shut in devices located on the sea floor.

If the well barriers or the blow out preventer had worked, there would be no spill.

It is a bit more complicated than this. The BP report discusses eight key findings or contributing factors that lead to the fire and explosions aboard the Deepwater Horizon. I believe all investigations will conclude that a series of events caused the accident.

Also, the BP report states that human error was involved but is careful not to address who is to be blamed. See related links.

Answer 4

There was an explosion on April 20, 2010. A drilling rig working on a well for the oil company BP. Which led to the largest oil spill in history!

Answer 5

The most notable oil spill of 2010 was the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, occurring on April 20. This oil spill occurred 60 miles off the coast of Lousiana, 130 miles SE of New Orleans.

Other Oil spills of 2010 include:

1. Yellow River oil spill in China, started on 30 December 2009 and continued in 2010. Ruptured Pipeline.
2. Port Arthur oil spill in Texas, USA, started 23 January. Oil tanker colliding with barge.
3. Great Barrier Reef oil spill off Australia, started 3 April. Carrier ran aground.
4. ExxonMobil oil spill in Nigeria, started 1 May. Ruptured Pipeline.
5. Trans-Alaska Pipeline spill, 25 May, near Anchorage, Alaska.
6. MT Bulunga Kelana 3, Malaysia, started 25 May. Oil tanker colliding with freighter
7. Red Butte Creek oil spill, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 11 June. Ruptured Pipeline.
8. Red Sea oil spill in Egypt, started on 15 June. Oil leak from a platform, cause unknown at this time.
9. Xingang Port oil spill in China, Started on July 16. 2 pipelines exploded.
10. Talmadge Creek, Kalamzoo, Michigan July 26. Enbridge pipeline leak.
11. Barataria Bay, Lousiana, 50 miles south of New Orleans. July 27 to present day.
12. Mumbai Oil Spill. August 7. 2 ships, the MV Khalijia 3 and MSC Chitra collided causing oil containers to be thrown from the MSC Chitra into the coast of Mumbai.

Answer 6

Methane gas from the well under high pressure shot up and out of the drill column marine riser, expanded onto the platform, and then ignited and exploded. Fire then engulfed the platform.

Answer 7

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