Keywords: NIOSH Deepwater Horizon Emergency Response Efforts (8743408863).jpg This photo shows a flare boom aboard the Q4000 a multi-purpose oil field construction and intervention vessel The flare was burning oil and gas pulled directly from the large specialized valve used to seal control and monitor oil and gas wells that had belonged to the Deepwater Horizon This reduced the amount of oil and gas released directly into Gulf waters The valve also known as a Blow Out Preventer or BOP was damaged during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and remained attached to the oil well 5000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico https //www flickr com/photos/niosh/8743408863/ NIOSH Deepwater Horizon Emergency Response Efforts 2010-06-23 14 51 https //www flickr com/people/25069384 N03 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH from USA PD-USGov NIOSH http //flickr com/photos/25069384 N03/8743408863 2015-04-26 21 51 36 United States Government Work Safety Work Workplace National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |