The British oil giant said that figure includes a new $5.2 billion pre-tax charge on the company's second-quarter earnings, covering the costs of certain The company said it believes any additional future costs associated with Deepwater Horizon will not have a significant effect on its finances. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is also called the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, or the Macondo blowout. It was an oil spill in the' Gulf of Mexico, the largest marine oil spill in history. The spill was caused by an oil gusher when the drilling machines exploded on April 20, 2010. Oil giant BP will pay out more than $20 billion to settle claims against it for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The disaster was triggered by an explosion on the BP-contracted Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed eleven of 126 workers on board and spilled approximately 210 Deepwater Oil Spill Early Restoration. On behalf of the Co-Trustees, we are providing the following information: The recent agreement between the Natural Resource Trustees and BP to make available $1 Billion for implementation of restoration projects presents an additional opportunity for engaging Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill USGS Water-Quality Response Resources and Information. Publications. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Federal Government Links & Social Media. Note: Some or all of this information is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF); the latest version of Adobe You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's About PDF page to learn more. As the lead science agency for coastal oil spills, NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration provided mission-critical information to guide the emergency response On April 4, 2016, the court approved a settlement with BP for natural resource injuries stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Nearly four years after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil and gas disaster in the Gulf of Mexico—an event that blew away the record books for the nation's worst accidental oil spill—BP is fully back in business, and drilling is booming in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA satellite imgae on May 20, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon Spill by the Numbers. As days stretched into weeks, then weeks into months, BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead continued to 19: Times more oil leaked from Deepwater Horizon than spilled from the Exxon Valdez in 1989 (10.8 million gallons). 62,000: Barrels leaking per day BP said on Tuesday it would take a new charge over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill after again raising estimates for outstanding claims, lifting BP paid around $63.4 billion by the end of September to cover clean-up costs and legal fees linked to the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history BP Oil Spill Trashed More Shoreline Than Scientists Thought. New evidence extends the size of the disaster that occurred six years ago this week. The findings shed new light onto the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, which began six years ago Wednesday. 2. 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 • Largest marine oil spill in history • Caused on April 20, 2010 • An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and its subsequent sinking on April 22. 2. DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL • Also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the