Fact #1: More than 200 million gallons of crude oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Fact #2: Deepwater Horizon was a 9yr old semi-submersible, mobile floating, dynamically positioned drilling rig that could operate in water up to 10,000’ deep.
Fact #3: At 9:45am high pressure methane gas from the well expanded into the drilling riser and rose into the drilling rig, the rig ignited and exploded
Fact #4: Over 16,000 miles of coastline was affected during the spill. The coastlines of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were all affected.
Fact #5: 5.5 million feet of oil spill containment boom was deployed to help collect the oil.
Fact #6: Over 8,000 animals were reported dead 6 months after the spill.
Fact #7: Over 30,000 responders worked to clean up the oil spill.
Source: https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-bp-oil-spill
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