Academic research
From Disaster to Understanding: Formation and Accomplishments of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
Oceanography
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Engineering failures · 20 April–19 September 2010Open article references →
The Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Macondo well and Deepwater Horizon wreck site · United States
Why editors use it hereScholarly account of the explosion and spill and the independent scientific program created to study its effects.
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On 20 April 2010, hydrocarbons surged from BP's Macondo well onto the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, ignited, and caused explosions and fire.
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Trigger and conditions
During temporary abandonment, a negative-pressure test produced anomalous results that were misread as a bladder effect.
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Uncertainty
The federal estimate of 4.9 million barrels includes about 800,000 barrels captured and carries measurement uncertainty.
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Why it matters
Deepwater Horizon was a chain of understandable decisions that collectively removed well barriers.
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