Deepwater Horizon

Case file Deepwater Horizon, reference D C zero zero three one. According to court documents cited by the Justice Department, on April twentieth, twenty ten, the Deepwater Horizon rig had an uncontrolled blowout, explosions, and fire at the Macondo well site in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in eleven rig worker deaths. The Justice Department reported that BP Exploration and Production pleaded guilty in twenty thirteen and was sentenced to pay four billion dollars in criminal fines, penalties, and restitution. The Justice Department also reported that Transocean Deepwater pleaded guilty to a Clean Water Act violation and was sentenced to pay four hundred million dollars. In twenty fifteen, the Justice Department announced a twenty point eight billion dollar civil settlement with BP. In twenty sixteen, the Justice Department reported that Judge Carl J. Barbier entered the consent decree. AP reported the spill sent one hundred thirty-four million gallons of crude oil into the ocean. AP later reported Louisiana canceled the nearly three billion dollar Mid-Barataria project, and that environmental groups sued over BP’s Kaskida project. Open questions include which restoration projects remain incomplete, how settlement funds have been spent, and the status of related health and Kaskida litigation. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero zero three one at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.