Coast Guard Approves Plan to Secure...
NEW ORLEANS - The Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in New Orleans authorized BP to proceed with a plan to cap and...
On April 20, 2010, the Macondo 252 well, 45 miles off the coast of Louisiana experienced a catastrophic blowout, causing a major explosion, fire and subsequent sinking of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit – Deepwater Horizon. The fire and explosion caused the deaths of 11 persons aboard the unit, and the blowout resulted in a catastrophic oil spill below the surface of the ocean, leading to an unprecedented oil spill response - the most challenging and complex our nation has ever mobilized. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the nation’s first declared Spill of National Significance (SONS) and the first time in history when a National Incident Commander (NIC) was designated
