13 Feb 2020 The spread of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was far worse than the current estimate, new research has found. 2 Jul 2019 The total costs to BP related to the Deepwater Horizon incident, which extend far beyond the settlement payouts themselves, have ballooned to 24 Mar 2019 (Reuters) - Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still he lost more than six times as much and has so far only received around 12 Feb 2020 When the BP rig exploded, it released 210 million gallons of crude oil the spill extended far past the footprint that satellites showed with oil
According to the Flow Rate Technical Group, the leak amounted to about 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal; 780,000 m 3) of oil, exceeding the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill as the largest ever to originate in U.S.-controlled waters and the 1979 Ixtoc I oil spill as the largest spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
5 Oct 2015 The Deepwater Horizon disaster is considered by many to be the worst oil spill in US history. The spill occurred when an offshore oil rig On April 20, 2010, a BP drill site explosion created, the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The impact Here's how much oil residue was collected in each state. 13 Feb 2020 The disaster happened after an explosion and fire at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010, which dumped about 170 million gallons of oil into the 13 Feb 2020 Nearly 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a study suggests "invisible and toxic oil" made the spill much worse than some experts
Q&A: Scale of BP oil spill. Estimates of the amount of oil escaping from BP's damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico have gone from 1,000 barrels a day to as much
BP is responsible for close to $40 billion in fines, cleanup costs, and settlements as a result of the oil spill in 2010, with an additional $16 billion due to the Clean Water Act. [10] Over 30,000 people responded to the spill in the Gulf Coast working to collect oil, clean up beaches, take care of animals and perform various other duties.
In September 2014, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that BP was primarily responsible for the oil spill because of its gross negligence and reckless conduct. In July 2015, BP agreed to pay $18.7 billion in fines, the largest corporate settlement in United States history.
Last May, a federal court rejected a claim by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for almost $20 million related to the oil spill. The total BP settlement to states and the federal government came out to $20 Current estimates show the 210 million gallons of oil released by the damaged BP Deepwater Horizon Macondo well spread out over the equivalent of 92,500 miles. But the oil’s reach was 30 percent
If President Obama's drilling moratorium lasts six months, many oil rigs will leave the Gulf of Mexico, leaving workers in the local oil industry scared and frustrated.
2 Jul 2019 The total costs to BP related to the Deepwater Horizon incident, which extend far beyond the settlement payouts themselves, have ballooned to 24 Mar 2019 (Reuters) - Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still he lost more than six times as much and has so far only received around 12 Feb 2020 When the BP rig exploded, it released 210 million gallons of crude oil the spill extended far past the footprint that satellites showed with oil How often do oil spills occur? What can I do? HOW MUCH OIL WAS SPILLED? The BP disaster was by far