What Causes Deadly Oil Rig Blowouts? 😨💥 This is an oil rig blowout — one of the most dangerous disasters in drilling operations. It happens when underground oil or gas bursts to the surface due to uncontrolled pressure inside the well. 🌋 Normally, drilling mud and a blowout preventer (BOP) keep the pressure in check. But if the mud is too light, equipment fails, or warning signs are ignored, pressure builds until it violently erupts — spewing oil, gas, and flames into the air. Such explosions

16K views · 138 reactions | It's been nearly five years since one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More than three million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. It took 87 days to stop the leak, and by then a thousand kilometres of coastline were affected. Five years on, Paul Hunter takes us back to Louisiana. | CBC News: The National | Facebook