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 experienced an uncontrolled blowout, explosions and fire at the Macondo well site in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the deaths of eleven rig workers. The Associated Press reported that the disaster sent one hundred thirty-four million gallons of crude oil into the ocean and remained the nation’s worst offshore oil spill. The Justice Department reported that BP Exploration and Production Incorporated 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 Incorporated pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act and was sentenced to pay four hundred million dollars. The Justice Department said a twenty fifteen civil settlement with BP was worth twenty point eight billion dollars. The file’s open questions include which restoration projects remain incomplete, how settlement money has been paid or spent, the status of remaining health-related lawsuits, unused funds after Louisiana canceled Mid-Barataria, and the current status of the Kaskida lawsuit. 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.