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