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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.
The Christian Science Montitor, in an article headlined "Raining oil in Louisiana? Video suggests Gulf oil spill causing crude rain", reports on an amateur video which is reported to show it raining oil in Louisiana. It notes that speculation that use of the Corexit 9500 dispesant has made this possible.
Location: Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252), in the North-central Gulf of Mexico, United States (south of Louisiana): Coordinates: 1]: Date: 20 April – 19 September 2010 (4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days): Cause; Cause: Wellhead blowout: Casualties: 11 people killed 17 people injured: Operator: Transocean under contract for BP [2]: Spill characteristics; Volume: 4.9 million barrels ...
Two military C-130 Hercules aircraft were employed to spray oil dispersant. [3] May 2; Obama meets with fishermen and Coast Guard in Venice, Louisiana. Oil discovered in the South Pass. [4] Transocean's Development Driller III started drilling a first relief well. High winds and rough waves rendered oil-catching booms largely ineffective. [5] May 3
BP expert say the environmental impact from the spill might be small and marshes could recover by Spring 2011. . [130] July 27 Towing vessel Pere Ana C pushing the barge Captain Beauford collides with Louisiana-owned oil and natural gas rig C177 in the northern part of Barataria Bay south of Lafitte, Louisiana. 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of boom are ...
Update, 4:29 p.m.: The Lafourche Parish Facebook Page has been designated as the official source of info for the Raceland oil spill. A hotline was established for wildlife affected by the spill.
Authorities are still trying to determine the cause and source of the spill, which started near a pipeline southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has grown to 1.1 ...
Deputies used drones to assess how far the oil had spread through the river. Oil spill spreads 9 miles between Louisiana bayous, cops say. See photos from above