Natural Gas Burnoff at Discoverer Enterprise

Gas from the damaged Macondo wellhead is burned at the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in a process known as flaring. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe.

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This image is released into the Public Domain by the United States Coast Guard through the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response Unified Command. Okay for Greenpeace use. Mandatory credit: United States Coast Guard/Patrick Kelley - No SALES

Unique identifier: GP029JR

Type: Image

Shoot date: 16/05/2010

Locations: North America, United States of America

Credit line: © United States Coast Guard

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster

Scenes from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP leased, Transocean mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an explosion April 20 and sank in 5,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers died. Oil gushed from the deepwater wellhead into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 100 days until a relief well was drilled and the leaking well clogged with mud.

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