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Keywords
Aerial view
British Petroleum (BP)
Day
Disasters
KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Negative mood
Oceans (campaign title)
Oceans (topography)
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil (Industry)
Oil spills
Outdoors
Toxics (campaign title)
Oil from Oil Rig Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
The oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead has polluted the South part of East Bay. The BP-leased oil platform exploded April 20 and sank after burning. The wellhead is now leaking a huge amount of oil, creating the worst spill in U.S. history.
Unique identifier:
GP02B1U
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
23/05/2010
Locations:
Gulf of Mexico
,
Louisiana
,
North America
,
United States of America
Credit line:
© Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
Containers
Shoot:
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
The BP (British Petroleum) leased oil platform Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20 and sank after burning, leaking an estimate of more than 210,000 gallons of crude oil per day from the broken pipeline to the sea. Eleven workers died during the disaster.
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