Eight years after the deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion, a safety watchdog aims to prevent another disaster. But it faces multiple challenges, and a shift in focus under the Trump administration.

This investigation breaks down exactly what happened on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and how the Macondo well blew out.

In April 2010, a state-of-the-art offshore oil rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 and ignited a fireball so large it could be seen from 40 miles away. For nearly ...

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(Global Edition) From BBC World Service … The Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 caused the biggest oil spill in U.S. waters and the resulting compensation claims against BP have amounted to many ...

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been a wake-up call for the countries of the Americas — some who fret tar balls could reach their beaches and damage fisheries and others who question the safety of ...

Transocean, the Switzerland-based company that owned the Deepwater Horizon rig, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges arising from BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...

The White House has put together a legislative package to deal with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Below is an excerpt Suggested Reading Black Man Who Saved Baby From Viral Pit Bull Attack in NYC ...

NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation's ...

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