Deepwater Horizon Monument

improbable monument project

BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill • 4.9 million: Barrels of oil (205.8 million gallons) leaked from

the Deepwater Horizon well, about half the amount of crude oil the U.S. imports per day

• 11: deaths in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon.

• 665: Miles of coastline contaminated by oil

• 40 billion: dollars to cover the cost of the spill

• 87 days: from the date of the disaster to the day the containment cap permanently sealed the leaking well

• BP plans to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico Later this year.

May 24th 2010

Proposedmonument site

Monument Cost Analysis$17,500: concrete monument with plumbing for steam as well as the rotating fiberglass BP sign.$5000: for the plumbing into the nearby Mississippi.$750: per month for electricity and natural dyes.