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Shoot: Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster (GP0221H)
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Oiled Brown Pelican in Louisiana
Methyl Soyate is applied to a brown pelican as a first step to loosen the oil before washing it with water and soap at the Fort Jackson International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras. Members of the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research team work to clean birds covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead disaster. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning.
06/20/2010
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The BP (British Petroleum) leased oil platform Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20 and sank after burning, leaking an estimate of more than 210,000 gallons of crude oil per day from the broken pipeline to the sea. Eleven workers died during the disaster.
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