Latest press releases. Browse BP group press releases by topic, region or date. Reset filters Showing 10 of 832. BP deploys continuous methane measurement for new major oil and gas projects 10 September 2019. BP North Sea deploys Mars technology in world-first methane monitoring project 10 September 2019. BP initiates response to Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Release date: 22 April 2010. BP today activated an extensive oil spill response in the US Gulf of Mexico following the fire and subsequent sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles south-east of New Orleans. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Macondo oil well drilling platform tragically killed 11 workers, and started the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history, releasing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. April 4, 2016, 7:31 PM UTC / Updated April 4, 2016, 7:31 PM UTC. By The Associated Press and Tim Stelloh. A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement, resolving years of litigation over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP oil spill began when the Deepwater Horizon rig suffered an explosion on April 20, 2010. Of the 126 workers at the site that day, 11 were killed by the blast. In its first month, BP spilled 30 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, three times the Exxon Valdez oil spill. From the Dust Bowl to the BP oil spill, explore some of the most notorious environmental disasters of the last century. A dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas in April, 1935. Oil floats around a rig at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP. The White House says the BP oil spill is probably the greatest environmental disaster the US has faced, but the true impact on surrounding ecosystems could take months or even years to emerge.
19 Apr 2019 Nine years ago, BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, causing the worst oil spill in US history. The disaster on
7 May 2010 The April explosion of an oil rig has spilled millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, threatened miles of shoreline and cost millions of The oil leak was discovered on the afternoon of April 22, 2010 when a large oil slick began to spread at the former rig site. The oil flowed for 87 days. BP originally estimated a flow rate of 1,000 to 5,000 barrels per day (160 to 790 m 3 /d). National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling begins two days of hearings at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside; July 15 – BP test cuts off all oil pouring into the Gulf at 2:25 pm. However Thad Allen cautions that it is likely that containment operations will resume following the test. Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also called Gulf of Mexico oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 41 miles (66 km) off the coast of Louisiana —and its subsequent sinking on April 22.
Oil floats around a rig at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP. The White House says the BP oil spill is probably the greatest environmental disaster the US has faced, but the true impact on surrounding ecosystems could take months or even years to emerge.
6 Oct 2015 Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed eleven of 126 workers on board and spilled approximately 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. A 1989 – The Exxon Valdez ran aground, spilling 10 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, causing — to date — the worst oil spill in U.S. history. 14 Sep 2011 The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig burning at a well in the Gulf of pages, is the most comprehensive to date on the April 2010 disaster. 20 Apr 2017 This has been called one of the worst spills to date. Scientists estimate 4.4 million barrels of oil were released into the gulf over those six 12 Feb 2020 A controlled burn in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast on June 9, 2010, less than two months after the catastrophic BP oil spill. (Photo: 14 Apr 2016 Nearly 6 Years After The BP Oil Spill, Government Issues New Rules of blowout preventers” that is based on up-to-date industry standards. Date: April 20, 2017; Source: Virginia Tech; Summary: The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf
19 Apr 2011 How Science Stopped BP's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. Remote imaging of the failed blowout preventer, stress testing various containment devices
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an industrial disaster that began on April 20, 2010, in the Date, April 20 – September 19, 2010 (4 months, 4 weeks and 2 The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was the April 20, 2010, explosion and A trial date over lawsuits related to the accident awaits BP in February ( 2013)", the update continued. In 2012, The Big Fix, documented the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig . 5 days ago Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an U.S. Coast Guard. Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Quick Facts. date. 12 Feb 2020 The cause of the discharge was an explosion on British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. That
8 May 2016 BP Oil Spill: Despite Unprecedented Research and Analysis, Severity Environmental Recovery and Restoration,” BP stated that, to date, they
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling begins two days of hearings at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside; July 15 – BP test cuts off all oil pouring into the Gulf at 2:25 pm. However Thad Allen cautions that it is likely that containment operations will resume following the test.