) What event is most responsible for raising safety issues related to offshore oil drilling?
A) the 1989 oil spill from the Exxon Valdez
B) attacks from Iranian naval vessels on Persian Gulf oil rigs in the late 1980s
C) persistent pipeline ruptures in the North Sea during the 1990s
D) the 2004 evacuation of oil rigs due to Hurricane Katrina
E) the 2009 BP oil platform blowout in the Gulf of Mexico
E
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