John Knoll (born October 6, 1962) is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).
 One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas Knoll), he has also worked as visual effects supervisor on the "Star Wars" prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy.
 He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for "Star Trek Generations" and "", as well as the "" series.
 Along with Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall, Knoll and the trios work on "" earned them the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
The "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.
 Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8% to 31% larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill.
 The US Government estimated the total discharge at 4.9 Moilbbl .
 After several failed efforts to contain the flow, the well was declared sealed on September 19, 2010.
 Reports in early 2012 indicated that the well site was still leaking.
Dale Duguid is an Australian visual effects supervisor and producer who is credited on multiple features and TV series.
 After a career spanning production design, art direction, directing & screenwriting, Dale established a viable visual effects industry for long form production within Australia through the creation of the Visual Effects design and production company Photon Stockman in 1991.
 Duguid was recognised with a medal from Queen Elizabeth II for having been a prime mover for the vfx industry in Australia.
Jason Billington is an Australian Visual Effects Supervisor known for his works in films, "Transformers" (2007), "" (2007), "Transformers" (2007-14), "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), "WALL-E" (2008), "Star Trek" (2009), "Avatar" (2009), "" (2011), "Battleship" (2012), "Pacific Rim" (2013), "Jurassic World " (2015) and "Deepwater Horizon" (2016).
 He worked as a digital lead artist for Disney's visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).
The following is a timeline of the "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout).
 It was a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest offshore spill in U.S. history.
 It was a result of the well blowout that began with the "Deepwater Horizon" drilling rig explosion on April 20, 2010.
The Mingbulak oil spill also known as the Fergana Valley oil spill was the worst terrestrial oil spill in the history of Asia.
 The oil spill was caused by a blowout on March 2, 1992 at the Mingbulak oil field in the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan at well #5.
 The Crude oil released from the well burned for two months.
 The blowout resulted in the release of 35000 oilbbl to 150000 oilbbl per day.
 In total, 2000000 oilbbl were collected behind emergency dykes.
 The oil stopped flowing by itself.
 A total of 285,000 tons of oil were released, and it was the fifth largest oil spill in history.
 The spill is considered the largest inland spill in history.
Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 American disaster film based on actual events.
 It was directed by Peter Berg from a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand.
 It stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O'Brien and Kate Hudson.
 It is based on a 2010 article by David Barstow, David Rohde and Stephanie Saul on the "Deepwater Horizon" explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The MT "Hebei Spirit" oil spill was a major oil spill in South Korea that began on the morning of 7 December 2007 local time, with ongoing environmental and economic effects.
 Government officials called it South Korea's worst oil spill ever, surpassing a spill that took place in 1995.
 This oil spill was about one-third of the size of the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill.
Eric Brevig (born 1957) is an American film director and visual effects supervisor known for his work in several major theatrical films and television shows.
 He was Visual Effects Supervisor and Second Unit Director on the 2001 Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay action drama Pearl Harbor.
Christopher Townsend is a visual effects supervisor.
 He has worked in the visual effects industry for over 20 years.
 For over a decade, he was an artist and supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, and in 2007 became a freelance visual effects supervisor.
 He worked on "Journey to the Center of the Earth", the first ever stereoscopic motion picture shot and released digitally, "Wolverine", "Ninja Assassin", "" and "".
 He was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on "Iron Man 3", oversaw nearly 3000 shots on "" and was the overall supervisor for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
 2".
 In 2015 he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree by his alma mater, Coventry University.

Question: Jason Billington is an Australian Visual Effects Supervisor known for his works in an American disaster film based on a 2010 article about an explosion and oil spill that happened where?
Answer: Gulf of Mexico