The Gulf of Mexico was an industrial catastrophe, and the largest marine oil spill in history. After a failed effort to seal the oil well, natural gas spread through the concrete. The immense pressure caused the natural gas to rise to the top of the drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, and ignite. The explosion killed 11 workers and injured 17 more, and it is believed that the amount of oil that was released was about 60,000 barrels a day. The impact and environmental costs of the oil spill are devastating.
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