IfItWasMyHome.com - Visualizing the BP Oil DisasterAbout the spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 crew members and sparked the greatest environmental disaster in United States history. Combined with the Texas City Refinery Explosion and the Prudohoe Bay Oil Spill, this marks the third serious incident at a BP-operated site in the United States in the last five years. Current estimates for the amount of o
