BP oil spill Deepwater Horizon

On April 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, running within the Macondo Prospect in Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank causing the loss of 11 workers regarding Deepwater Horizon while the largest spill of oil in the reputation for marine oil drilling functions. 4 million barrels of oil flowed through the damaged Macondo above an 87-day period, before it was finally capped on July 15, 2010. On December 15, 2010, the usa submitted a complaint in District legal against BP Exploration & Production and lots of various other defendants alleged to be responsible for the spill.

This webpage provides information and materials on EPA’s enforcement a reaction to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, settlements with a number of the defendants, including the record-setting settlement with BP Exploration & Production for an unprecedented $5.5 billion Clean Water Act penalty or more to $8.8 billion in all-natural resource damages.

This webpage is limited to EPA’s enforcement-related activities only, and will not protect all appropriate or any other actions against BP Exploration & Production along with other functions when it comes to spill, particularly private party/class activity settlements for medical claims and economic damages, or any other actions against those accountable for the spill. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has built the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill site for this purpose. In addition, links for extra information on the spill, cleanup activities also responses are given below.

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Instance and Settlement Information

• November 15, 2012: $4 billion criminal plea agreement with BP Exploration & manufacturing Exit
• January 3, 2013: $400 million criminal plea contract with Transocean Exit