 - 1. Who was the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig?
A) Royal Dutch Shell
B) BP
C) ExxonMobil
D) Chevron
- 2. In which year did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occur?
A) 2010
B) 2008
C) 2014
D) 2012
- 3. Which ocean did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill take place in?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Gulf of Mexico
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean
- 4. Which federal agency was responsible for overseeing offshore drilling in the United States when the Deepwater Horizon oil spill happened?
A) Department of Energy
B) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
C) Minerals Management Service
D) Environmental Protection Agency
- 5. What chemical dispersant was used to break up the oil in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response?
A) Disperso
B) Corexit
C) Breakoil
D) Oilaway
- 6. How many people died as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion?
A) 11
B) 5
C) 17
D) 23
- 7. What was the cause of the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig?
A) Human error
B) Natural disaster
C) Equipment malfunction
D) Blowout preventer failure
- 8. Who was the CEO of BP at the time of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
A) John Browne
B) Lord Browne
C) Tony Hayward
D) Bob Dudley
- 9. Who owned the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig?
A) Transocean
B) Hyundai Heavy Industries
C) Halliburton
D) BP
- 10. What was the fireball from the explosion on Deepwater Horizon visible from?
A) 40 miles away
B) 100 miles away
C) 60 miles away
D) 20 miles away
- 11. What was the name of the oil field where Deepwater Horizon drilled the deepest well in history?
A) Macondo Prospect
B) Tiber Oil Field
C) Keathley Canyon block 102
D) Deepwater Nautilus
- 12. What was the vertical depth of the deepest well drilled by Deepwater Horizon?
A) 25,000 ft
B) 40,000 ft
C) 35,050 ft
D) 30,000 ft
- 13. Who was the crane operator that died in the subsequent fire after the Deepwater Horizon explosion?
A) Stephen Ray Curtis
B) Donald Clark
C) Aaron Dale Burkeen
D) Jason Anderson
- 14. How many citations for non-compliance did Deepwater Horizon receive?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 4
D) 3
- 15. What percentage of time was Deepwater Horizon actively in operation during its service?
A) 100%
B) 85%
C) 93%
D) 75%
- 16. Where was the Deepwater Horizon rig constructed?
A) Houston, Texas
B) Majuro
C) Panama
D) Ulsan, South Korea
- 17. What was the value of the last contract for leasing Deepwater Horizon to BP?
A) $400 million
B) $300 million
C) $544 million
D) $560 million
- 18. How much per day did the lease cost BP in 2010?
A) $600,000
B) $496,800
C) $500,000
D) $450,000
- 19. What was the gross tonnage of the Deepwater Horizon rig?
A) 25,000
B) 40,000
C) 50,000
D) 32,588
- 20. What was the water depth at the Macondo Prospect?
A) 40 miles (64 km)
B) 4,132 ft (1,259 m)
C) 35,050 ft (10,683 m)
D) Approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m)
- 21. What percentage of blame did U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier apportion to BP for the spill?
A) 3%
B) 30%
C) 67%
D) 50%
- 22. In what year was Transocean's agreement to pay $1.4 billion for violations of the US Clean Water Act?
A) 2015
B) 2013
C) 2014
D) 2016
- 23. How much had BP paid in settlements as of 2018 for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
A) $70 billion
B) $50 billion
C) $65 billion
D) $60 billion
- 24. Which publication's article was the movie 'Deepwater Horizon' based on?
A) National Geographic
B) Time Magazine
C) The Wall Street Journal
D) The New York Times
- 25. What was the final defense device that failed to prevent an oil spill during the Deepwater Horizon incident?
A) Blind shear ram
B) Secondary blowout preventer
C) Emergency shutdown system
D) Pressure relief valve
- 26. Which oil fields did Deepwater Horizon work on?
A) Atlantis and Thunder Horse
B) Macondo and Kaskida
C) Thunder Horse and Macondo
D) Tiber and Atlantis
- 27. What was BP's initial estimated payment to compensate victims under the 2014 settlement agreement?
A) $5 billion
B) $6 billion
C) $7.8 billion
D) $10 billion
- 28. In which year was the Deepwater Horizon rig built?
A) 2010
B) 2001
C) 1998
D) 2005
- 29. In which year was a citation related to non-grounded electrical equipment withdrawn?
A) 2010
B) 2007
C) 2009
D) 2002
- 30. How many workers were presumed killed by the initial explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig?
A) Twelve
B) Eleven
C) Ten
D) Nine
- 31. How many workers survived the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
A) 100
B) 115
C) 105
D) 125
- 32. What was the IMO number of Deepwater Horizon?
A) 9876543
B) 7654321
C) 8764597
D) 1234567
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