while the drilling rig was under construction. The Deepwater Horizon was originally ordered by R&B Falcon, which was acquired by Transocean Ltd. Hyundai Heavy Industries of Ulsan, South Korea built the Deepwater Horizon, with construction on the rig starting in December 1998. While drilling the well a blow out occurred on Apat 9:45 PM CDT killing 11 workers on the rig and injuring many others, the Deepwater Horizon sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico about 36 hours later on Aptriggering a massive oil spill that is destined to go into history as one of the largest spills ever. ![]() The Deepwater Horizon is an offshore drilling platform that has seen many successes but is destined to go into history for it’s colossal failure while drilling a well in the Macondo Prospect Field in the Mississippi Canyon off the coast of Louisiana.
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