Macondo Prospect
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Macondo Prospect is an offshore oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico that became infamous as the site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macondo Prospect canonical | 2 |
| Macondo well | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2861450 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macondo Prospect Context triple: [Deepwater Horizon oil spill, wellName, Macondo Prospect]
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A.
Laminaria oil field
Laminaria oil field is an offshore petroleum field located in the Timor Sea, known for its significant oil production and role in regional energy development.
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B.
Lacq gas field
The Lacq gas field is a major natural gas deposit in southwestern France that played a key role in the country’s postwar energy development and petrochemical industry.
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C.
Belridge Oil Field
Belridge Oil Field is one of California’s largest and most productive oil fields, located in the San Joaquin Valley and known for its extensive heavy oil and enhanced recovery operations.
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D.
Alexandria Canyon
Alexandria Canyon is a notable sub-canyon within British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon, recognized for its rugged terrain and role in the river’s dramatic course.
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E.
Las Breas
Las Breas is a small settlement located within the Río Hurtado area of Chile, likely characterized by its rural Andean setting and agricultural activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macondo Prospect Target entity description: Macondo Prospect is an offshore oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico that became infamous as the site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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A.
Laminaria oil field
Laminaria oil field is an offshore petroleum field located in the Timor Sea, known for its significant oil production and role in regional energy development.
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B.
Lacq gas field
The Lacq gas field is a major natural gas deposit in southwestern France that played a key role in the country’s postwar energy development and petrochemical industry.
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C.
Belridge Oil Field
Belridge Oil Field is one of California’s largest and most productive oil fields, located in the San Joaquin Valley and known for its extensive heavy oil and enhanced recovery operations.
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D.
Alexandria Canyon
Alexandria Canyon is a notable sub-canyon within British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon, recognized for its rugged terrain and role in the river’s dramatic course.
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E.
Las Breas
Las Breas is a small settlement located within the Río Hurtado area of Chile, likely characterized by its rural Andean setting and agricultural activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydrocarbon prospect
ⓘ
offshore oil and gas field ⓘ |
| approximateDistanceFromShore |
about 41 miles off Louisiana coast
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about 66 kilometers off Louisiana coast ⓘ |
| approximateReservoirDepth |
about 13000 feet below seafloor
ⓘ
about 4000 meters below seafloor ⓘ |
| associatedBlowout | Macondo well blowout ⓘ |
| associatedEnvironmentalImpact | Gulf of Mexico oil pollution 2010 ⓘ |
| associatedLegalCase |
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
ⓘ
surface form:
Deepwater Horizon litigation
|
| associatedWithPlatform | Deepwater Horizon ⓘ |
| blockNumber | 252 ⓘ |
| containsResource |
crude oil
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore lease area
ⓘ
surface form:
offshore block MC252
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryJurisdiction |
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal waters
|
| dateOfMajorAccident | 2010-04-20 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | BP ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | offshore drilling ⓘ |
| drillingContractor | Transocean ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | deepwater Gulf of Mexico petroleum system ⓘ |
| hydrocarbonType | light sweet crude oil ⓘ |
| industrySector | offshore oil and gas production ⓘ |
| leaseArea | Mississippi Canyon ⓘ |
| leaseDesignation |
Mississippi Canyon
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi Canyon 252 (MC252)
|
| licensee |
Anadarko Petroleum
ⓘ
BP ⓘ MOEX Offshore 2007 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
Mississippi Canyon ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi Canyon block 252
|
| notableFor |
largest marine oil spill in history
ⓘ
major offshore drilling safety and regulatory reforms ⓘ |
| operatedBy | BP ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Gulf of Mexico deepwater plays ⓘ |
| principalOperatorAtTimeOfAccident | BP ⓘ |
| region |
Outer Continental Shelf
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
|
| regulator |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Minerals Management Service
|
| siteOf |
2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster
ⓘ
Deepwater Horizon oil spill ⓘ |
| successorRegulator |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
ⓘ
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ |
| waterDepth |
approximately 1500 meters
ⓘ
approximately 5000 feet ⓘ |
| wellName |
MC252 well
ⓘ
Macondo Prospect self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Macondo well
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Macondo Prospect Description of subject: Macondo Prospect is an offshore oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico that became infamous as the site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macondo well