Lawsuits Against BP Over Health Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Stalled April 22, 2025 By Jack Brook Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons...
U.S. Eases Offshore Drilling Rules Adopted After Gulf Oil Spill May 3, 2019 The Trump administration unveiled on Thursday its final plan to roll back offshore drilling safety measures put in place by...
Texas Lawyer Accused of Fraud in BP Oil Spill Case Acquitted in Mississippi August 19, 2016 By Jonathan Stempel A prominent Texas lawyer was acquitted on Thursday of charges he made up thousands of fake clients to sue BP...
BP Raises Liability by $5.2 Billion for Deepwater Horizon Spill July 18, 2016 By David Wethe and Rakteem Katakey BP Plc has raised the total liability from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, which triggered the worst offshore oil spill...
Federal Judge Rules BP Absolved from U.S. Lawsuits Over Drilling Ban March 11, 2016 By Jonathan Stempel BP Plc does not have to face U.S. lawsuits by energy and drilling companies over losses they suffered from an...
5 Years After Gulf Oil Spill: Is Drilling Engineering Outpacing Safety Again? April 22, 2015 By Cain Burdeau Five years after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill, the industry is working on drilling even further into the risky...
Oil from BP Spill Still Present on Alabama Coast: Researchers December 3, 2014 A new study says oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster is still trapped in Alabama’s beaches four years later. The...
BP Wants Business to Repay ‘Windfall’ Oil Spill Claim Overayments June 30, 2014 By Jonathan Stempel BP Plc has asked a U.S. judge to direct what it called a “vast number” of businesses to repay hundreds...