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27 relations: Anadarko Petroleum, Barack Obama, Blowout (well drilling), Blowout preventer, BP, Containment dome, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Horizon explosion, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Development Driller III, Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, FPSO Noble Seillean, GSF Development Driller II, Gulf killifish, GuLF Study, Helix Producer 1, Hurricane Ida, Integrity engineering, International Bird Rescue, Macondo, Macondo (disambiguation), Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States), Oil fields operated by BP, Robert Bryce (writer), Tiber Oil Field, Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Transocean Marianas.
Anadarko Petroleum
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in two skyscrapers in The Woodlands, Texas: the Allison Tower and the Hackett Tower, both named after former CEOs of the company.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.
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Blowout (well drilling)
A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.
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Blowout preventer
A blowout preventer (BOP) is a large, specialized valve or similar mechanical device, used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells to prevent blowouts, the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from a well.
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BP
BP plc (stylised as bp), formerly British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.
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Containment dome
A containment dome is a component of the system designed to contain the underwater blowout of an oil well such as occurred with the Macondo Well blowout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean.
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Deepwater Horizon explosion
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was the April 20, 2010, explosion and subsequent fire on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field about southeast off the Louisiana coast.
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill/leak, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) is an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8% to 31% larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill.
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Development Driller III
Development Driller III is a fifth generation, Vanuatu-flagged dynamic positioning semi-submersible ultra-deepwater drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated under lease agreements by various petroleum exploration and production companies worldwide.
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Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The 2010 ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, releasing about of crude oil making it the largest marine oil spill.
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FPSO Noble Seillean
The FPSO Noble Seillean was a dynamically positioned floating oil production, storage and offloading vessel.
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GSF Development Driller II
GSF Development Driller II is a fifth generation, Vanuatu-flagged dynamic positioning semi-submersible ultra-deepwater drilling rig owned and operated by Transocean.
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Gulf killifish
The Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) is one of the largest members of the genus Fundulus; it is capable of growing up to 18 cm in length, whereas the majority of other Fundulus reach a maximum length of 10 cm.
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GuLF Study
The GuLF Study, or Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study, is a five-year research project examining the human-health consequences of the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill in April 2010.
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Helix Producer 1
Helix Producer 1 is a ship-shaped monohull floating production and offloading vessel, converted from the ferry MV Karl Carstens.
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Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida was the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, crossing the coastline of Nicaragua with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).
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Integrity engineering
Technical Integrity Engineering is a term applied to the engineering disciplines associated with the design, assurance and verification functions that ensure a product, process, or system meets its appropriate and intended requirements under stated operating conditions.
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International Bird Rescue
International Bird Rescue is a non-profit organization that rehabilitates injured aquatic birds, most notably seabirds affected by oil spills.
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Macondo
Macondo is a fictional town described in Gabriel García Márquez's novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude.
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Macondo (disambiguation)
Macondo is a fictional town used by Gabriel García Márquez in his novels, believed to reference his home town of Aracataca in Colombia.
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Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)
Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States.
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Oil fields operated by BP
This is a list of oil and gas fields operated by BP.
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Robert Bryce (writer)
Robert Bryce is an American author and journalist in Austin, Texas.
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Tiber Oil Field
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Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The following is a timeline of the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout).
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Transocean Marianas
Transocean Marianas is an Earl & Wright Sedco 700 design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to using an, 15,000 psi blowout preventer (BOP), and a outside diameter (OD) marine riser.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macondo_Prospect
