Deepwater Horizon Situation Report #5

Program Document · Thu Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:1131697

At approximately 11:00 pm EDT April 20, 2010 an explosion occurred aboard the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) located 52 miles Southeast of Venice, LA and 130 miles southeast of New Orleans, LA. The MODU was drilling an exploratory well and was not producing oil at the time of the incident. The Deepwater Horizon MODU sank 1,500 feet northwest of the well site. Detailed information on response and recovery operations can be found at: http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)
• OSTI ID: 1131697
• Report Number(s): DOE/OE-2010-Deepwater-Horizon-Situation-Report-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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