The Deepwater Horizon, a semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, exploded on 20 April 2010, and sank, killing 11 people and causing a significant oil spill. Where was it at the time?

Off the west coast of Cornwall, England

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Gulf of Mexico

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Off the French coast in the Mediterranean Sea

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Off the Pacific coast of Alaska

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The correct option is B Gulf of Mexico
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.

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