A Rapid Response Study of the Hercules Gas Well Blowout

Samantha Joye, Joseph P Montoya, Steven Murawski, Tamay Özgökmen, Terry L. Wade, Raffaele Montuoro, Brian J. Roberts, David Hollander, Wade H Jeffrey, Jeffrey Chanton

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Abstract

On 20 April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig lost well control while drilling at the Macondo prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. At the time of the Macondo blowout, the academic scientific community was ill prepared to initiate and rapidly conduct the necessary coordinated interdisciplinary studies of the environments around the discharge area.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalEos
Volume95
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2014

Keywords

  • Oceanography
  • Rapid Response
  • Petroleum
  • Blowout

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences
  • Marine Biology

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