Deepwater Horizon oil spill

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:disaster_response
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:affectedStates	gptkb:Alabama gptkb:Florida gptkb:Louisiana gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:BP_oil_spill
gptkbp:blowoutPreventerFailure	yes
gptkbp:casualties	11 workers killed
gptkbp:category	oil spills 2010 disasters in the United States environmental disasters in the United States
gptkbp:causedBy	explosion on Deepwater Horizon oil rig
gptkbp:cleanupCost	over $60 billion
gptkbp:date	April 20, 2010
gptkbp:duration	April 20, 2010 – July 15, 2010
gptkbp:environmentalImpact	coastal ecosystem damage economic loss to fishing industry economic loss to tourism marine life death
gptkbp:estimatedOilSpilled	4.9 million barrels
gptkbp:fuelType	gptkb:oil
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Deepwater Horizon oil spill
gptkbp:investigatedBy	gptkb:U.S._government
gptkbp:largestMarineOilSpill	yes
gptkbp:legalConsequences	BP fined $20.8 billion
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkbp:longTermImpact	health effects on cleanup workers legal reforms in offshore drilling ongoing environmental monitoring
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Transocean gptkb:Halliburton BP
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Deepwater_Horizon_drilling_rig gptkb:Transocean gptkb:Halliburton BP
gptkbp:response	capping stack installed controlled burns massive cleanup effort skimming operations use of chemical dispersants
gptkbp:spillSource	gptkb:Macondo_Prospect_well
gptkbp:spillStopped	July 15, 2010
gptkbp:subjectOf	book: Fire on the Horizon documentary: The Great Invisible film: Deepwater Horizon (2016)
gptkbp:wellDepth	approximately 5,000 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico gptkb:Gulf_Coast gptkb:oil_and_gas_industry gptkb:Deepwater_Horizon
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5