Deepwater Exploration Workshop overview of NOAA's Gulf of Mexico Explorations 2001-2009, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, July 23, 2010, Silver Spring, MD
Around 10:00 pm CDT on April 20, 2010, a gas explosion occurred on the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon about 40 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast. The explosion killed 11 workers, injured 17 others, ignited an intense fire that burned...