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BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries....

Tony Hayward Admits BP Unprepared for Spill

LONDON (Nov. 9) -- In his first interview since stepping down as head of BP last month, Tony Hayward has admitted that the company was woefully unprepared to deal with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and he revealed how the disaster almost bankrupted the oil giant. Hayward told the BBC -- which tonight will air an hourlong...

BP Resumes 'Bottom Kill' to Seal Well by Weekend

(Sept. 14) -- BP's runaway oil well could be sealed off for good by the end of this week, after BP restarted drilling on a relief well that was halted for more than a month during the Gulf of Mexico's hurricane season. BP resumed drilling its relief well Monday for the first time since Aug. 10, when operations were...

Not Just the Alarm: BP Deepwater Horizon Rig Riddled With Tech Glitches Before Explosion

(July 23) -- As testimony into the BP oil spill continues on Capitol Hill, more and more facts are emerging that suggest the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of not a single device or person, but rather a long series of human and mechanical failures. Here are the latest...

Oil Spewing From Gulf Well May Be Twice as Much

HOUSTON (June 11) -- With each new look by scientists, the oil spill just keeps looking worse. New figures for the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico show the amount of oil spewing may have been up to twice as much as previously thought, according to scientists consulting with the federal government. That...

Background on deepwater horizon spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed unabated for three months in 2010, and continues to seep.

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