1. Deepwater Horizon Monument
improbable monument project

2. 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.

3. Proposed
monument
site
May 24th 2010

4. 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.