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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spillThe
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also called the
BP Oil Spill, the
Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the
Macondo blowout, is a massive ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, now considered the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. The spill stems from a sea floor oil gusher that started with an oil well blowout on April 20, 2010. The blowout caused a catastrophic explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling platform that was situated about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the Louisiana coast in the Macondo Prospect oil field. The explosion killed 11 platform workers and injured 17 others; another 98 people survived without serious physical injury.
The oil slick as seen from space by NASA's Terra satellite on May 24, 2010.If this keeps up, it will destroy the environment on the Gulf Coast. Right now its on the coast of Lousiana and Mississippi and if not Alabama, soon it will be.
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