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The BP oil spill can refer to either the BP oil spill of March 2, 2006 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. BP oil spill of April 20, 2010 in the Macondo Prospect oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
BP stood for British Petroleum, the company responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
The Deepwater Horizon spill began with the explosion and fire on April 20, 2010.
The BP oil spill can refer to either the BP oil spill of March 2, 2006 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. BP oil spill of April 20, 2010 in the Macondo Prospect oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
April, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon spill began with the explosion and fire on April 20, 2010.
The media is using a variety of names. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill seems to be the most common name. The name of the rig that caught fire and sank was the Deepwater Horizon. The BP oil spill is also common , but BP has other spills, so BP oil spill 2010 is better. The oil spill from the Macondo well is also clear. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is common, but since there have been others, Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010 is better.
April 20, 2010: BP Deepwater Horizon (Macondo Blowout) Oil spill in the Gulf of MexicoThe BP oil spill was initiated by a methane leak which ignited and exploded on the oil rig.The valve gave out on April 20th, 2010 but the oil rig ship sank two days later (April 22nd, 2010).
The 'Deepwater Horizon oil spill', also called the 'BP Oil Spill', the 'Gulf of Mexico oil spill' or the 'Macondo blowout'... ---- Wikipedia
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil announced that BP would be temporarily banned from new contracts with the US.
The BP oil spill began on April 22, 2010.
Currently the BP and the American Government (and indirectly the American taxpayer) are paying to clean up the BP oil spill. It is expected that Cuba will have to pay for the spill as well when the oil hits their shores.
The new CEO for BP since October 2010 is Bob Dudley (born September 14, 1955). He succeeded outgoing CEO Tony Hayward, mainly as a result of financial losses related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 2010. Dudley was the BP official in charge of environmental restoration following the spill.