Subsea oil dispersants a success at Deepwater disaster
Dispersant injection near well head at Gulf of Mexico disaster site cut volatile organic chemical emissions significantly
More than seven years have passed since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, spilling millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Now, new findings are helping to answer unresolved questions about whether officials responding to the emergency made the right call when they injected more than 3 million litres of chemical dispersant at the rig’s wellhead.