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The Big Oil Spill

Ranger Rick answers your questions.

Cleanup crews are working around the clock to contain a large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill has created an oil slick that is threatening wildlife in the Gulf and surrounding wetlands. Here’s what kids are asking about the spill—and answers from environmental experts at Ranger Rickmagazine.

What happened?

Hundreds of oil wells have been drilled into the ground beneath the Gulf of Mexico. At each well, a pipe carries the oil from deep in the Gulf floor up to a platform that floats on the water’s surface. Here the oil is collected and shipped to land for us to use.

On April 20, a new well had just been drilled. Suddenly, some natural gas and oil accidentally escaped from the well and gushed to the surface. Then, right beneath the drilling platform, it exploded in a huge fireball. The damaged platform sank and pulled the pipe leading from the well down with it. The pipe is now leaking at several places.