Image: Donnie Wilson, CEO of Elastec Inc. American Marine

Deepwater Horizon

April - May 2010 - At approximately 10 p.m. on April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig resulting in the loss of 11 crew members and the sinking of the rig on April 22. The Macondo well, which the rig had recently completed drilling, was open and flowing an estimated 5,000 bopd into the surrounding waters. BP and the USCG coordinated on efforts to stop the oil flows and contain the resulting spill.

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Image Description:	Donnie Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Elastec Inc. American Marine, and U.S. Coast Guard Senior Chief Marine Science Technician Drew Jaeger, attached to Gulf Strike Team from Mobile, Alabama, monitor a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico.
Keywords:	Donnie Wilson, CEO of Elastec Inc. American Marine
Type of Image:	Image (Other view more of this type)
Dimensions:	800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall (view full size image)
Date Created:	Friday, May 7, 2010
Associated Regional Information
Region:	Gulf of Mexico (view more from this region)
Country:	US (view more from this country)