Minority Partner to Pay $90 Million Over Oil Spill

A minority partner in BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico agreed Friday to pay $90 million in a settlement with the federal government and Gulf states over the 2010 oil spill. It includes the largest civil penalty ever recovered under the federal Clean Water Act.

Mysterious Flotsam in Gulf of Mexico Came from Deepwater Horizon Rig

A research team led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) confirmed that flotsam, found in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches, were pieces of material used to maintain buoyancy of the pipe bringing up oil from the seafloor. Tracking debris from damaged oil rigs could help forecast coastal impacts in the future.

Air Pollution Levels From Deepwater Horizon Spill Similar To Large Urban Area

About one of every 13 barrels of the Deepwater Horizon-spilled oil that reached the ocean surface, eventually made its way into airborne organic particles small enough to be inhaled into human lungs, and some of those particles likely reached the Gulf coast when the winds were blowing toward the shore, according to the study.

Engineering experts hit safety culture in BP spill

BP and the oil industry drilling in the Gulf of Mexico lacked the proper safety attitude to handle the large risks of deep-water drilling, leading to the many bad decisions behind the nation’s worst offshore spill, a panel of expert engineers said Wednesday.

USDA Announces $50 Million for Gulf Of Mexico’s Restoration

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Monday announced a vast, collaborative plan developed by a federal task force to restore the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Meanwhile, court battles are still fiercely going on between the different involved parties.