Deepwater Horizon by Sebastian Eide Wold

Deepwater Horizon

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-01 08:46:58 UTC

When Did the accident take place

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-01 08:49:51 UTC

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010, when an explosion damaged the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

Source : https://www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill

Why Did it Happend???

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-01 08:59:41 UTC

The Oil Spill occurred after a surge of natural gas blasted through a concrete core recently installed to seal an oil well, the well ignited and exploded the oil rig leaving the oil rig on fire.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill

Loss of life ):

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-01 09:02:55 UTC

There were 28 on the oil rig when it exploded leaving 11 burning and later dead and almost killing 17 of the 28 workers

Source:

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon-utbl%C3%A5sningen

5 very cool very heartbroken just stunning facts about Deepwater Horizon

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-01 09:22:39 UTC

Fact number 1.

The Deepwater Horizon was also called Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Fact number 2.

About 1,300 miles (2,100 km) of the U.S. Gulf Coast is covered in oil.

Fact number 3.

The Deepwater Horizon caused much danger to wildlife including 800k birds and 300k turtles

Fact number 4.

The Deepwater Horizon is a semisubmersible ultra-deepwater-penetrating unit and it was designed to endure hard surface conditions.

Fact number 5.

Its length was about 122m and its weight was about 52 590 tons

Source: Google

Pollution of marine environment

sebastianwold1 — 2023-12-01 09:25:45 UTC

The pollution was that it was that the oil spill caused by the explosion ended up killing 800k birds and 300k turtles

Source:

https://www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill