The biggest oil spill in US history: What we've learned since ... - BBC
WEBSep 6, 2024 — On April 20, 2010, a blowout caused a huge explosion on the offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the rig collapsed. Oil...
Deepwater Horizon Ten Years On - The New York Times
WEBApr 19, 2020 — But in lengthy interviews this month, every member of the bipartisan panel, the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, accused the Trump...
What do we know about the Deepwater Horizon disaster? - BBC News
WEBSep 8, 2010 — The Deepwater Horizon rig disaster caused the deaths of 11 crew and a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the 20 April catastrophe there has been much discussion in US...
We still don’t know the full impacts of the BP oil spill, 10 years later
WEBApr 20, 2020 — The BP oil spill of 2010 started suddenly, explosively, and with deadly force. But the response has stretched out for years and scientists say there’s still much more we need to learn.
The BP Oil Disaster, 10 Years Later - NPR
WEBApr 20, 2020 — Eleven rig workers were killed, and the explosion created the worst offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history. NPR's Debbie Elliott has this look back at the BP oil spill.
Fourteen years after BP oil spill, Galveston scientists are ... - MSN
WEBThe massive 2010 oil spill damaged or killed coral in the Gulf of Mexico. Now some of the $20 billion settlement is helping researchers learn how to help the coral recover.
U.S., five states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill
WEBOct 5, 2015 — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
Fourteen years after BP oil spill, Galveston scientists are striving to ...
WEB2 days ago — Restoration in progress. Six years after BP capped the oil rig, the company agreed to pay more than $20 billion in civil and criminal penalties with a large amount guaranteed for Gulf restorations.
Biden Revived Rules Designed to Prevent Another Deepwater …
WEBAug 22, 2023 — The accident led to the largest environmental settlement in the nation’s history, with the oil giant BP agreeing to pay $18.7 billion in civil penalties and damages to the federal government...
10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed
WEBApr 18, 2020 — NEW ORLEANS — Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are drilling in deeper and deeper waters, where...