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(Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds ... on the offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the ...

in the Gulf of Mexico, located around 65 km off the coast of Louisiana. The explosion triggered a massive spill of crude oil, which flowed into the Gulf for 87 days before it was capped.