On July 15, 2010, 87 days after the initial explosion, the Deepwater Horizon spill came to an end. Even though the well was sealed, the catastrophic effects on the environment and regulations ...

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon BP oil rig off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused a massive oil spill.

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig on fire with fire fighting ships trying to put it out.© U.S. Coast Guard An operator recording operation of oil and gas process at an oil rig.© curraheeshutter ...

Smoke rises from BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 21, 2010, a day after it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the worst offshore spill in U.S. history.

This photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard on April 22, 2010 showed fire crews battling the flaming spill from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico the preceding day.

FILE – A large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip on April 2010.

In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. Credit: AP ...

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon BP oil rig off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused a massive oil spill.

Schlumberger Ltd <SLB.N>, the world's largest oilfield services company, said on Wednesday it had a crew on the Deepwater Horizon that departed only hours before the explosion and fire that ...