Complex sentence: The blowout took two lives, destroyed the Nabors 14E rig that had been drilling the test (in 9 minutes), burned 400 acres of forest and cost about $20 million to control.
Split into simpler sentences: The blowout took two lives, destroyed the Nabors 14E rig that had been drilling the test (in 9 minutes). It burned 400 acres of forest and cost about $20 million to control.