The leak continued for before being successfully capped on July 15, 2010. Deepwater Horizon: Effect on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles
On , while drilling an exploratory well at the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, a surge of natural gas caused a catastrophic explosion. The incident tragically killed 11 workers and injured 17 others. Two days later, the rig sank into nearly mile-deep water, leading to an uncontrollable release of oil from the seafloor. Impact and Scale Deepwater HorizonHD
The was an ultra-deepwater, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig that became the center of the largest accidental marine oil spill in history. The Disaster The leak continued for before being successfully capped