Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Eprel 21, 2010, "Deepwater Horizon" ikpo okwu, 52 kilomita n'ụsọ oké osimiri nke Venice, Louisiana, (ihe onwunwe nke Transocean na mgbazinye na BP)
gbawara, gbuo mmadụ 11, ma mikpuo mgbe ụbọchị abụọ gasịrị. Ihe si na ya pụta n'okpuru mmiri gusher, conservatively na-eme atụmatụ gafere dị ka nke mmalite June 2010, ghọrọ ndị kasị njọ mmanụ itufu na US akụkọ ihe mere eme, eclipsing na Exxon Valdez mmanụ itufu.