Putting horsepower to work in the gulf: Engine-powered pumps and mobile equipment assist in oil spill cleanup efforts

摘要

On April 20, two days before it was scheduled to be temporarily capped and handed over to a production platform, the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig suffered a blowout. The incident caused the release of an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil - 205.8 million gal. - into the Gulf of Mexico. The incident killed 13 people - 11 aboard the rig, and two of oil-related causes - as well as countless birds, animals and fish in the surrounding area.