ON April 20, a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. The rig was called Deepwater Horizon, well named for British Petroleum's (B.P.) remarkable effort to draw oil from a deep-sea rig that has to go through 22,000 to 25,000 feet (6,600-7,500 metres) of water before it strikes the seabed.
Eleven oil workers are presumed dead although their bodies have not been found.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/deadly-spill
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vijay-prashad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/frontline-chennai
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-mexico
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/british-petroleum-bp
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-exploration
