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This a review of the main issues involving the oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010 in the Deepwater Horizon platform owned by British Petroleum. A general description of the main facts that occurred, supported by images and a brief description, since the spill began to the date when it was finally controlled on July 15. It contains brief comments on future consequences.
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Ramírez-León, H., Guerrero-Zúñiga, A. (2012). Main Facts of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In: Klapp, J., Cros, A., Velasco Fuentes, O., Stern, C., Rodriguez Meza, M. (eds) Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Fluid Dynamics. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17958-7_44
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