Timeline of the massive 2010 Gulf oil spill, government response and ensuing legal cases: — April 20, 2010: An explosion and fire on the BP-operated drilling rig Deepwater Horizon kills 11 workers.

Louisiana's Republican U.S. senator blasted oil giant BP PLC on Tuesday for what he called its attempt to run from its full cleanup responsibilities for the nation's worst offshore spill, the 2010 ...

It was two years ago today that the Deepwater Horizon—a top-of-the-line offshore drilling rig owned by BP and run by Transocean—experienced a sudden burst of gas from a three-mile long well its crew ...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Friday it is combining two agencies that were separated in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The Interior Department said the overhaul would increase ...

The black outline shows the estimated impacted area (1100 square miles) of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, significantly larger than previously reported areas (red and blue outlines). Graphic ...

NEW ORLEANS – A third-party audit has found that a Court-Supervised Settlement Program has correctly processed more than 99 percent of claims by businesses and individuals arising from the 2010 oil ...

MARSHALL, Mich. (AP) - The state of Michigan and an energy company have filed a sweeping settlement related to a 2010 oil spill that spoiled miles of the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge Energy has agreed to ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — In 2010, an Enbridge Energy pipeline burst along the Kalamazoo River, resulting in one of the largest inland freshwater oil spills. Research shows the turtles that were relocated ...