louisiana oil rig explosion
DownloadAn aerial view of the industrial town of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, U.S., on Saturday, June 19, 2010. Port Fourchon is the home to shore bases for numerous oil field related companies, the current drilling moratorium could force many companies to relocate away from the Gulf of Mexico, there are over 600 oil platforms located within 40-miles of Port Fourchon. The BP Plc oil spill, which began when the leased Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, is gushing as much as 60,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, the government said. Photographer: Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg
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