Map Of Location Of The BP Oil Spill and Deepwater Horizon
Related ArticlesHere is a map of the BP oil spill location and site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Deepwater Horizon was an offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean Corporation and leased to BP which suffered a blowout and fire that destroyed the rig. The rig has since sunk to the ocean floor.
Image of Deepwater Horizon Disaster from Wikipedia
Approximate location of Deepwater Horizon and BP Well, from the Transocean website is latitude 28° 44.20′ N and longitude 88° 23.23′ W or approximately 50 miles S.W. of the Mississippi Delta at the edge of the continental shelf. North of the BP well are the Chandeleur Islands, an ecologically sensitive chain of low barrier islands which are home to thousands of seabirds. They are part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge and are threatened by the BP oil spill.
The source of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is located at the same latitude and longitude as where the rig fire and explosion occurred.
The following map of the BP oil spill source is from Google.
The following is a video map of the BP oil spill projected trajectory.
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The BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill and well location is not far from sensitive fishing grounds of south Louisiana and Mississippi. The oil spill is expected to have disastrous effects on wildlife and marine life as it continues to reach the shore. The spill is already on record as the largest since the Exxon Valdez disaster which led to billions of dollars in damage to the Alaskan fishing industry. It remains to be seen how severe the effects on the Gulf of Mexico fishing industry will be and the ultimate cost of cleaning up the spill.
BP Oil Spill Lawsuits Already Beginning
The cost to British Petroleum and Transocean may rise into the tens of millions as teams of maritime lawyers assemble in the Gulf Coast area ready to initiate hundreds of individual and class action lawsuits for damages from the oil spill in a scenario right out of a John Grisham novel. In fact the novelist is likely working on a book about it right now. There are dozens of attorneys specializing in offshore oilfield accidents along the Gulf Coast and this unfortunate event will likely benefit them more than anyone else.
A notice to mariners has been issued by the U.S. Coast Guard advising all vessels to stay clear of the area. Note, mariners should not rely on any coordinates or map of the BP oil spill location in this article for navigational purposes.
The well owned by BP is now gushing up to 6,000 barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico as of March 12, 2010 and there has been slow progress stemming the flow of oil. This article with a map of the BP oil spill location will be updated as the situation changes.
Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion which caused 11 deaths and one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history. The following article gives some explanation of what a blowout preventer is and how the failure of that device may have led to the disaster. What A Blowout Preventer Does and Possible Cause Of BP Disaser.
