Please be aware that these are live streaming videos and may freeze or be unavailable from time to time.
Additionally footage may be off-line due to ROVs being out of service due to maintenance and/or operational task-specific breaks.
Live and archived footage of remotely operated vehicles (ROV) feeds
ROV footage of the BP oil spill disaster – live streaming videos.
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Live underwater video feeds from the ROV’s monitoring the damaged riser.
Please be aware, these are live streams and may freeze or be unavailable from time to time.
ARCHIVED DEEPWATER OILSPILL DISASTER VIDEOS
Deepwater Horizon Sinks. Morning of the disaster, Coast Guard still searching for the 11 missing workers. |
Survivors of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig explosion mount a criminal case against BP. |
Helicopter video of a fire vortex erupts inside of a controlled burn during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, June 9, 2010. A fire vortex is formed when rapidly rising hot air pulls cooler oxygen-rich air in from the bottom, increasing the temperature of the fire and creating the twisting shape. U.S. Coast Guard video by Chief Petty Officer Bob Laura. |
Wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf of Mexico coast is fast becoming a reality. Pelicans are becoming trapped by the oil and dead birds and dolphins have been washing ashore, coated in the sludge. Government officials estimate that roughly 83 to 182 million litres of oil have leaked into the Gulf since the April 20 explosion. |
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Deepwater Horizon & ROV images
The DEEPWATER HORIZON is a Reading & Bates Falcon RBS8D design semi-submersible drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 8,000 ft (upgradeable to 10,000 ft) using 18¾in 15,000 psi BOP and 21in OD marine riser.