Greed and money. The Deepwater Horizon was in need of repairs and needed new machinery, but BP executives stressed how behind on drilling they already were and told them to keep pushing on. Its BP's and the owners of the Deepwater Horizon's Fault.
What caused the the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was an oil well blowout and explosion.
BP was the company who owned the oil that caused the oil spill.
An explosion on a oil rig.
As a result of BP oil spill, 11 workers have died 17 are injured.
it was caused by a rupture(s) of the oil pipe below the surface of the ocean.
Yes it was in the gulf and it was caused by the oil company BP
April 20
An oil platform owned by British Petroleum
titanic
A methane explosion and resulting fire caused the oil spill to first occur.Currently, (as of 2010 July 27) the last oil spill in the gulf of Mexico is the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010 April 20).Leaks still are occurring from wells damaged in Hurricane Ivan (2004) at this date as well.
I've included two websites with considerable details about the spill.
The people who did not test the failure devices.