April 20 th marks the 15th anniversary of the explosion, caused by gross negligence, which killed 11 workers, destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drill ship and started BP’s months-long oil spill in the ...

In 2002, BP’s Ocean King rig suffered a major accident that released highly flammable methane into the ocean. 8 years later, the Deepwater Horizon disaster made it clear that no lessons had been ...

If you live around the Gulf of Mexico, you already know the significance of April 20. It’s a date with lasting footprints on the beaches along our coast, from Florida to Texas. Fifteen years ago this ...

Source: U.S. Coast Guard/public domain. The BP Deepwater Horizon blowout occurred on April 20, 2010. By then, several salient misadventures had already made BP a company that many loved to hate.

Out on the edge of Louisiana’s coast, a set of giant plant pots stand as reminders of the worst-ever oil spill of its kind. But you couldn’t tell just by looking at them. The rows of containers sit ...