LEST WE FORGET LOUISIANA'S 'Twin Towers'

BP CEO Tony Hayward

Tarball of oil

 

Facts
    Where?  Gulf of Mexico, near Mississippi River Delta
    When?   April 20 2010
Fatalities:    13  (including 2 post-spill)

Sea depth:  5,000 feet (1,500 m)

Oil Permit:   Mississippi Canyon Block 252

Ownership of Lease:    BP   (UK, 65%)
                           Anadarko   (US, 25%)
                           Mitsui   (MOEX, Japan, 10%)

Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig:    size  396 x 256ft  (121x78m)

                                                        owner Transocean,Switzerland

                                                        builder Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea

                                                                        --   SOURCE

Background 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill,_baby,_drill
PEAK OIL - the end of the Oil Age 
Deepwater Horizon  (wikipedia)


More information, images ...


    Crisis in the Gulf    CNBC    Google    Gardian Newspaper (UK)   

                               US  EPA           Gulf Fisheries
                  Gulf of Mexico  -  Official BP Response 
  

   Oil spill commission gerts it wrong  (Atantic)
      transoceanlawsuits.com/involved-parties/halliburton
          blog.al.com/live/2010/04/bps_green_image_dirtied_by_rig.html
     Congress hammers CEO for dodging responsibility  (Scientific American)

images BP doesn't want you to see  (Atlantic)
Damage Controllers buy Search Engine Terms  (digitaltrends)

 Other BP  disasters ...
         Iran (Middle East, 1950s)
         Sea Gem  (UK, 1965)
         Prudhoe Bay  (Alaska, 2006) 

        Texas City  (Texas, 2005)