It’s been five years since the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, and the incident continues to widely impact the offshore industry and the public’s perception of oil and gas development.
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible lost control of the Macondo well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252, southeast of Louisiana. Eleven men were killed in the explosion, the rig burned for 18 hours and then sank, and for the next 87 days, more than 3 MMbbl of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico before the well was eventually brought under control.
Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced that three large-scale coastal restoration projects are now under construction to restore more than 2,900 acres of beach, dune, marsh and ridge in southeast Louisiana.