He cautions that the BP estimate of as many as 100 million barrels in the Macondo prospect is based on limited information. Normally, oil companies drill several wells before they can determine ...

Over the last six weeks unsuccessful efforts to staunch the unrestricted flow of oil from an exploratory well on BP's (BP) Macondo prospect in the Gulf of ...

It is a predictable but at the same time, an important anniversary to examine: five years beyond the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which began on 20 April 2010 on the BP-owned, Transocean-operated ...

O ne of the worst environmental catastrophes in American history occurred on April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded. Operating in the Macondo Prospect, a deep-sea oil ...

Now, after 74 days of drilling, BP was preparing to cap the Macondo Prospect well until a production rig was brought in to start harvesting oil and gas. Around 10:30 in the morning, ...

Deepwater Horizon was a deepwater, offshore oil drilling rig owned by Transocean (RIG) and operated by BP Plc. (BP). On April 20, 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, there was an ...

A 2010 blowout at Gulf of Mexico’s Macondo prospect killed 11 workers, fouled fisheries and covered area beaches in oil. Transocean was the operator of the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon vessel and ...

Over the next 87 days, 134 million gallons of oil gushed from the Macondo well. BP contract workers look for tar balls along the shore in Pensacola Beach, Florida, Monday, June 7, 2010.

Researchers have looked at the long-lasting effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.

The Macondo prospect was the site of the 2010 BP oil spill.

One of the worst environmental catastrophes in American history occurred on April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded. Operating in the Macondo Prospect, a deep-sea oil reservoir ...