Washington DC (United States), 24.04.2010 - The two days ago - ironically at the "Earth Day" - exploding oil rig Deepwater Horizon "of the operator" Transocean Limited "is dropped on Friday in the Gulf of Mexico, 30 kilometers southeast of the U.S. state of Louisiana Venico burning. Experts had initially an environmental disaster of great magnitude is concerned. They registered after the accident, an eight times a mile wide oil slick, which was probably caused by a leak. Of the original 126 employees, seven workers were injured, eleven employees of the lease of oil company British Patrol (BP) are still missing. Helicopters and ships of the Coast Guard continues search for missing persons. But, for them there is hardly any chance of survival. In Deepwater Horizon is one of the largest oil platforms in the world.
experts fear an impact of the oil slick on the coasts of Louisiana, where there are numerous colonies of seabirds and shrimp farms. Worst case daily stream up to 1.3 million gallons of crude oil from the well in the depths of the sea. The U.S. Coast Guard had taken action, such as the use of chemicals and vacuuming the carpet with other vessels. With a mini-submarine, they investigated the leak, another leakage of oil they could not verify yet. The cause of the accident is not yet clear in the discussion suddenly leaking gas or oil. Barack Obama had a policy speech in Washington DC read, in which he promised fast and non-bureaucratic support for environmental protection and disaster prevention measures.
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