Oil Well in the Gulf of Mexico Capped

Posted by NG Kids in Green Scene on September 23, 2010
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On September 18, just under 5 months since the Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20, 2010, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been stopped. A cement plug was used to seal off the well, and formal Coast Guard Admiral Thad W. Allen has declared the well “effectively dead.” and no additional oil leaks have been detected.

No oil has leaked out of the well since a temporary cap was put on it in July. The cement plug is a more permanent solution. Between April and July, nearly 5 million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. Crews have been working to clean up as much as they can, but there is still a lot of oil from the spill in the Gulf.

Read more about the cap on National Geographic News.


Photograph by Gerald Herbert, AP


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Content produced by National Geographic. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation under Award # DRL-1045744

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Comments

  1. mochachino121
    September 26, 2010, 7:54 am

    its finally done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. PurpleAnimalLUV
    October 2, 2010, 4:28 pm

    Yay! It’s about time! I was so worried, now let’s get this oil outta there!

  3. babywinx334
    October 7, 2010, 10:46 am

    Finally,at least more animals won’t die!

  4. cowgirl4evermore
    November 13, 2010, 8:11 am

    yay now its getting cleand up!!!!!

  5. cookiiie mansta
    May 1, 2011, 2:16 pm

    finally the world has come together to clean this mess up good job every one

  6. swimgrl7
    April 23, 2012, 1:24 pm

    Dear God,
    please keep oil spil,ls from happening

  7. loveable132
    August 20, 2012, 5:32 pm

    I’m so happy its over with I was so sad when Isaw all those animals but I know it’s not completly done sadly so is there anyway I can help?

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