Anadarko Petroleum Corporation was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It was organized in Delaware and headquartered in two skyscrapers in The Woodlands,Texas:the Allison Tower and the Hackett Tower,both named after former CEOs of the company. In 2019,the company was acquired by Occidental Petroleum.
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater,dynamically positioned,semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by BP. On 20 April 2010,while drilling at the Macondo Prospect,a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. The fire was inextinguishable and,two days later,on 22 April,the Horizon sank,leaving the well gushing at the seabed and causing the largest marine oil spill in history.
The United States offshore drilling debate is an ongoing debate in the United States about whether,the extent to which,in which areas,and under what conditions,further offshore drilling should be allowed in U.S.-administered waters.
William Eugene Davis,known as W. Eugene Davis,is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. His chambers are in New Orleans,Louisiana.
Martin Leach-Cross Feldman was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010 off of the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect,considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 to 31 percent larger in volume than the previous largest,the Ixtoc I oil spill,also in the Gulf of Mexico. The United States federal government estimated the total discharge at 4.9 MMbbl. After several failed efforts to contain the flow,the well was declared sealed on 19 September 2010. Reports in early 2012 indicated that the well site was still leaking. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is regarded as one of the largest environmental disasters in world history.
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was an April 20,2010 explosion and subsequent fire on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit,which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about 40 miles (64 km) southeast off the Louisiana coast. The explosion and subsequent fire resulted in the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and the deaths of 11 workers;17 others were injured. The same blowout that caused the explosion also caused an oil well fire and a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the world,and the largest environmental disaster in United States history.
The following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It was a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. It was a result of the well blowout that began with the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20,2010.
Ocean Therapy Solutions (OTS) is a company owned by actor Kevin Costner. He acquired the company from the United States government for US$24 million in 1995. The company specializes in developing centrifugal oil-water separators. After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989,Costner wanted to find a new way to separate oil from water,so he acquired the company. He found it difficult to promote its products,until BP placed an order for several of the company's devices in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The civil and criminal proceedings stemming from the explosion of Deepwater Horizon and the resulting massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began shortly after the April 20,2010 incident and have continued since then. They have included an extensive claims settlement process for a guilty plea to criminal charges by BP,and an ongoing Clean Water Act lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and other parties.
This article covers the effect of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the resulting oil spill on global and national economies and the energy industry.
Hornbeck Offshore Services v. Salazar is an ongoing case in United States federal court. In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill,the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a six-month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water. Plaintiffs filed suit challenging the moratorium.
On May 30,2010 a 6-month moratorium on all deepwater offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf was declared by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The limitation was in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico.
Following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for June 2010.
Following is a Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for May 2010.
Following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for August 2010.
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force 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.
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust is the $20 billion trust fund established by BP to settle claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The fund was established to be used for natural resource damages,state and local response costs and individual compensation. It was established as Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF),announced on 16 June 2010 after a meeting of BP executives with U.S. President Barack Obama. In June 2012,the settlement of claims through the GCCF was replaced by the court supervised settlement program.
The Health consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are health effects related to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20,2010. An oil discharge continued for 84 days,resulting in the largest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry,estimated at approximately 206 million gallons. The spill exposed thousands of area residents and cleanup workers to risks associated with oil fumes,particulate matter from Controlled burns,volatile organic compounds (VOCs),polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),and heavy metals.
Michael Joseph Juneau was an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 2018 to 2023.
