Spill date: April 20 - July 15, 2010
Well officially sealed: September 19, 2010
Deep horizon
There was a 2006 BP oil spill that occurred when George W. Bush was president; but you are probably asking about the 2010 Deep Water Horizon oil spill, and yes, Barack Obama was president when that happened.
The 'Deepwater Horizon oil spill', also called the 'BP Oil Spill', the 'Gulf of Mexico oil spill' or the 'Macondo blowout'... ---- Wikipedia
The 'Deepwater Horizon' oil spill occured on 20th April 2010. Was the biggest spill to date.
Deepwater Horizon
BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Otherwise known as the Deep water Horizon Spill and the Macondo Blowout, the ongoing British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is thought to be the worst to date.The spill began on April 20, when an oil well 1,500m below the surface blew out, causing a catastrophic explosion on BP's Deep water Horizon offshore oil drilling platform about 64 km southeast off the coast of Louisiana.Eleven workers died in the blast and another 17 were injured.
The media is using a variety of names. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill seems to be the most common name. The name of the rig that caught fire and sank was the Deepwater Horizon. The BP oil spill is also common , but BP has other spills, so BP oil spill 2010 is better. The oil spill from the Macondo well is also clear. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is common, but since there have been others, Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010 is better.
The Stafford Act does not apply to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Stafford Act is meant to help states that have exhausted all local, county, and states resources to recover from a disaster. It would be unfair of the U.S. federal government to make Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida show they have exhausted all of their resources to combat the spill. Instead, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been given a special classifications of SONS (Spill Of National Significance). By doing so, this has opened up federal dollars to hep with the disaster.
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.
It Happened Because The Worker People Were Drilling To Far Down For Oil, And The Hit A Certain Point Where The Pressure and Temperature Got Higher And Eventually Exploded.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, commonly known as the BP oil spill, occurred at approximately the coordinates 28.7365° N, 88.3655° W in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil announced that BP would be temporarily banned from new contracts with the US.