Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Environmental disaster
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the ... Wikipedia
Dates: Apr 20, 2010 – Sep 19, 2010
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Number of deaths: 11
Owner: Transocean
Casualties: 11 people killed; 17 people injured
Cause: Wellhead blowout
Coordinates: 28°44′17″N 88°21′58″W / 28.73806°N 88.36611°W