Get White Form - Deepwater Horizon

Answer and Explanation: The Deepwater Horizon rig continues to sit on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in water that is over 5,000 feet in depth.

On July 15, 2010, BP announced that it had successfully plugged the oil leak using a tightly fitted cap. The cap, weighing 75 tons and standing 30 feet (9.1 m) high, is now bolted to the failed blowout preventer. It consists of a Flange Transition Spool and a 3 Ram Stack and is a temporary solution.

The conclusion was that BP was partly to blame, as was Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. On 8 September, BP released a 193-page report on its web site. The report identified 8 key findings with respect to the cause of the accident.

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Still Detectable 10 Years Later, Scientists Say. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was not a short-lived catastrophe. Over 10 years after one of the largest environmental disasters in human history, a sticky oil residue still coats some marshland in the Gulf of Mexico, a new report reveals.

The explosion killed 11 workers on or near the drilling floor and the rest of the crew were evacuated before, two days later, the rig sank to the seabed. The bodies of the dead were never recovered.

Deepwater Horizon's crew needed to cement the bottom of the well, put a cap on it, and sail away. First there were many abandonment procedures, including a “negative test,” in which heavy drilling fluid (“mud”) was pulled out of the well to see whether the cement job would hold.

In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.