Primary responsibility is BP as they are the operator of the drilling operations. All decisions by Transocean are at the direction of the operator.
The Mega Borg tanker spilled oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 1990.
The Gulf of Mexico
some oil spilled
2
11million gallons of oil was spilt
Crude oil (BP is still paying for that stupid mistake).
As of May 19, 2010; the oil pipe off Louisiana is Still leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It will be leaking oil well into the foresee future.
British Petroleum employees were involved in the drilling when the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The drilling was part of BP operations off the coastal United States of America. But the platform that became involved in the original, explosive event didn't belong to BP. It was being leased.
Oil in the Gulf of MexicoNo one knows how many gallons have spilled and estimates vary greatly. It's certainly in the millions of gallons, with more being spilled daily.
In the gulf of Mexico spilled major oil kills animals and other things we may not know about
It was an oil platform leased to the BP Oil Company, a UK-based company by a company named TransOcean. The tapped released and caused it spilling the oil now because of that, many ecosytems and animals died! They say it takes about 3 years to clean the spill!
The oil company BP had an oil spill on its rig in the gulf.