On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast. The explosion and subsequent fire resulted in the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and the deaths of 11 workers;. BackgroundDeepwater Horizon was a floating —a fifth-generation, ultra-deepwater, , column-stabilized drilling rig owned by and built in South Korea. The platform wa. .
The fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon reportedly started at 9:56 p.m. on April 20. Transocean employees on the vessel stated that the electric lights flickered, followed b. On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast.
[pdf] The bodies of five workers, including one Texan, were recovered Tuesday after an explosion ripped through a drilling rig in Oklahoma, triggering what appears to be the nation's deadliest oil and gas accident since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
[pdf] Mars field was discovered in 1989 at around 130 miles south of New Orleans. The field, located at 3,000ft water deep, started production in 1996. Mars B was discovered after Shell geologists located untappe.
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