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