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Keywords
Aerial view
Beaches
British Petroleum (BP)
Coastlines
Day
Disasters
Islands
KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Oceans (campaign title)
Offshore drilling
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil spills
Oiled beaches
Outdoors
Toxics (campaign title)
Waste management
Oil from Oil Rig Disaster in Louisiana
A beach in Grand Isle covered by oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead has been reaching the Louisiana shores and affecting marine life for the past few weeks. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20 and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea.
Unique identifier:
GP0231T
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
09/06/2010
Locations:
Gulf of Mexico
,
Louisiana
,
North America
,
United States of America
Credit line:
© Jose Luis Magana / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster
Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform disaster. The BP (British Petroleum) leased oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning, leaking an estimate of more than 210,000 gallons of crude oil per day from the broken pipeline to the sea. Eleven workers died during the disaster.
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