As part of a class action settlement reached following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP was forced to set up a $20 billion escrow fund to compensate businesses and workers. However, it’s important to understand that BP didn’t do this voluntarily; it was oil spill business interrupti...
Published September 08, 2010 Reuters PrintEmailShareCommentsBy Tom Bergin and Ayesha Rascoe LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A BP Plcinvestigation of the Gulf of Mexico disaster played down thecompany's role in the world's worst offshore oil spill, seekingto share the blame with its contractors. ...
Randall Wells of the Chicago Zoological Society measured a dolphin from Sarasota Bay in 2010. Dolphins there were found to be in better health than those living close to the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA According to new data from 2011 NOAA ...
What was the BP oil spill in 2010? The Deepwater Horizon: The Deepwater Horizon was an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Tapping into oil deposits more than 18,000 feet (over 5,400 meters) below the surface of the water, it was managed by the British Petroleum Company. ...
Dolphins are seen swimming through the oil spilling from the Deepwater Horizon oil well at the height of the spill in 2010. (Credit:NOAA) A record dolphin die-off in the northern Gulf of Mexico was caused by the largest oil spill in U.S. history, researchers said on Wednesday, citing ...
Tag:Oil spills of BP Oil spills of BP 21/06/2010Leave a comment Some reports show that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused serious damage and needed to be taken more than 20 years to clear the oil. But the attitude of BP’s boss is quite disgusting-he denied “knowledge...
2010 oil spill vs. 1851 maritime law: Transocean asks court to limit liability Oil rig 'technology has outrun ... regulations,' inspector testifies Citing Gulf of Mexico oil spill, environmental groups fight Shell's Arctic drilling plan
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We found that FDA's calculation of allowable levels of contaminants in seafood, after BP's 2010Gulfof Mexicooil spill, was based on outdated science. As a result, FDA's “safe levels” were not safe for vulnerable populations because they allowed up… ...
When the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in 2010 and spewed many millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the disastrous spill damaged the eco…