SkyTruth and the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Using Science to hold BP and federal regulators accountable.
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on a deepwater rig in the Gulf of Mexico operated by the British oil giant BP left 11 workers dead and opened up a hole in the ocean floor, nearly 5,000 feet below sea level. Before the company succeeded in staunching the flow, the disabled well gushed an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the water, far surpassing the
Exxon Valdez spill as the worst offshore accident in the industry’s history. As the crisis wore on for nearly three months, SkyTruth became a vital source of a satellite imagery and independent analysis.
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