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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>In 2010, BP\u2019s Deepwater Horizon rig released millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, in a spill considered one of the worst environmental disasters in US history.<\/p>\n

Scientists have suggested that a huge deadly oil spill that hit the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was about 30 percent larger than previously estimated.<\/p>\n

In their study published by Science Advances journal earlier this week, the researchers referred to BP\u2019s Deepwater Horizon rig spill, claiming that large portions of the Gulf of Mexico were exposed to \u201cinvisible and toxic oil that extended beyond the boundaries of the satellite footprint which does not necessarily capture the entire oil spill extent\u201d. The BP has not yet commented on the study\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n

The spill reached the west Florida shelf, the Texas shores and the Florida Keys, according to the survey singling out the results which were obtained with the help of three-dimensional computer simulations, as well as testing for oil concentration ranges in marine organisms.<\/p>\n

The Deepwater Horizon #oil spill is considered to be the largest #oil #spill in the #petroleum industry\u2019s history. In April 2010, the accident began after a #spill from a seafloor #oil gusher, leading to the explosion of the #BP\u2019s oil rig, Deepwater Horizon,in its Macondo Prospec pic.twitter.com\/vlcOjdUco5<\/p>\n

\u2014 Global petroleum 2020 (@Petroleum2019) October 27, 2018<\/p>\n

Claire Paris-Limouzy, one of the study\u2019s authors and a professor of ocean sciences at the University of Miami, was quoted by the Verge website as saying that she is \u201cdefinitely concerned\u201d that \u201ceventually, there will be another oil spill like that\u201d.<\/p>\n

She added that \u201cthe less uncertainty you have about where the oil will go, the better the response will be\u201d, voicing hope that her team\u2019s technique will change the way authorities respond to possible new spills.<\/p>\n

\u201cSatellite imagery it’s great but it’s not enough to fully understand oil spills\u201d, she told the CNN.<\/p>\n

During a Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in 2010, at least 10 workers were killed and 206 million gallons of oil from BP\u2019s Macondo well were spewed into the Gulf of Mexico, triggering one of the worst environmental disasters in US history.<\/p>\n

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