Macondo Prospect

Macondo field
Macondo Prospect is located in the United States
Macondo Prospect
Location of Macondo field
CountryUnited States
RegionGulf of Mexico
LocationMississippi Canyon
Block252
Offshore/onshoreoffshore
Coordinates28°44′12″N 88°23′13″W / 28.736667°N 88.386944°W / 28.736667; -88.386944
OperatorBP
PartnersBP (90%)
MOEX Offshore 2007 (10%)
Field history
Discovery2010
Production
Estimated oil in place50 million barrels (~6.8×10^6 t)

The Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252, abbreviated MC252) is an oil and gas prospect in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone of the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The prospect was the site of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in April 2010 that led to a major oil spill in the region from the first exploration well, named itself MC252-1 (nicknamed also Macondo-1), which had been designed to investigate the existence of the prospect.