# Talk:Deepwater Horizon

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 19:12, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

In February 2020, there have been many articles reporting that we now know the spill was 30% larger. (sources: miamiherald, CNN)  － Cy21 ➜ discuss  14:13, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

The following is noted in the Aftermath section:
"rejected oil giant BP's legal challenge"
The line should be noted as:
"rejected BP's legal challenge"
There is no need in an encyclopedia to describe BP as being a "giant oil". BP is obviously a big company involved in oil production, distribution and retail sales employing 1000's of people.   Descriptions such as "giant oil" or "big oil" are politically charged terms meant to be derogatory.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.90.157.248 (talk) 19:51, 24 January 2017 (UTC) 

 Done Beagel (talk) 19:57, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Can the depth of 11,000 m in the first sentence be correct? The seafloor should rather be 1,500 m deep. --Mister Pommeroy (talk) 13:14, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Do not confuse depth of water with drilling depth. The latter (of course) going through rock... 2001:A61:348E:4201:F549:B3CB:618A:CDD1 (talk) 12:58, 21 April 2025 (UTC)