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An oil containment boom deployed by the U.S. Navy surrounds New Harbor Island, Louisiana. The response included deploying many miles of containment boom, whose purpose is to either corral the oil, or to block it from a marsh, mangrove, shrimp, crab, and/or oyster ranch, or other ecologically sensitive areas.
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill approaches the coast of Mobile, Alabama, 6 May 2010 Oil-stained beaches in Pensacola, Florida; 1 July 2010 Burning and skimming operations in the Gulf of Mexico; 10 June 2010 Thick oil washes ashore in Louisiana; 10 June 2010
March 2008 – The mineral rights to drill for oil at the Macondo well, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico about 41 miles (66 km) off the Louisiana coast, were purchased by BP at the Minerals Management Service's (MMS) Lease Sale No. 206, held in New Orleans.
Responders are using planes, remote submersibles and oil-skimming vessels to investigate and contain the spill. The Coast Guard said submersibles had inspected more than 23 miles of pipeline.
[107] [108] Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company under the Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group begin constructing sand berms off the Louisiana coast to limit the amount of approaching oil in the Gulf of Mexico. [109] Louisiana State Senate unanimously approves Senate Resolution 145 to declare June 20 "Statewide Day of Prayer" where ...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force [1] is the organization created by President Barack Obama to recover from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and preserve the ecosystem of the Gulf Coast of the United States.
May 11; BP, Transocean and Halliburton officials testify before Congress blaming each other for the incident. [14]MMS and Coast Guard Joint Investigation Team chaired by USCG Capt. Hung Nguyen and MMS employee David Dykes begin a Joint Marine Board of Investigation into the accident holding the first hearings at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Kenner, Louisiana where they interview survivors.
BP's (BP) Gulf Coast oil spill is shining a harsh light on one corporation's ability to wreak environmental havoc, but the Deepwater Horizon disaster is just the latest injury inflicted on Mother ...