A map showing the approximate forecast path of an oil spill (in black) from a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico which occurred on November 16, 2023.

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Months after the Deepwater Horizon oil leak began, a 22-mile-long, 1.2-mile-wide and 650-foot-high plume of microscopic oil compounds floated 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico ...

Gulf Oil Spill Could Reach East Coast Beaches. ... (See a Gulf of Mexico map.) If oil is swept up into the Loop Current—which moves at about 3.3 to 6.5 feet (1 to 2 meters) ...

Interactive Oil Spill Map Engage with ESRI's map of the oil spill disaster to see threatened sites and sensitive habitat. Click news icons by destination to read more about the latest activity in ...

This oiled Kemp's ridley sea turtle, an endangered species, was rescued during the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Federal trustees have proposed spending $210 million on 10 projects to help ...

Nearly five months after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico (map), causing the worst oil spill in U.S. waters, BP is set to permanently cap the damaged well as soon as ...

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On April 20, 2010, an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico unleashed an eruption of oil threatening ruin on a stupendous scale. No one in charge knew what to do ...

The public can now track Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill recovery data online via a near-real-time interactive map at a new Web site created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

After studying the samples, the researchers made a map of the areas affected by the spill. About 3,243 square miles (8,400 square km) are covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, they found.

Gulf Oil Spill. Home. Gulf Oil Spill. The Oil Spill Map To Watch. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just released this map of the Gulf. The bit inside the red lines is being shut ...