Here’s an infographic detailing the main points of the current oil spill crisis, caused by a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded and sank, killing 11 workers aboard. As you’ll see ...

The Washington Post delivers a stunningly rich chart of all the natural resources and businesses threatened by the Gulf of Mexico disaster. If there were as many people policing oil companies in ...

this time producing a wonderful chart/graphic that illustrates the effects of BP's Deepwater Hoirzon oil spill. If you didn't see their infographic on the financial turmoil that American families ...

FORTUNE -- BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster may have drawn more public attention than any other oil spill, but there's a good chance that sordid history of spill cleanup efforts will repeat itself.

The BP Oil Spill was the longest and most severe offshore oil spill in United States history. On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, operated by the BP oil company, exploded ...

Once constricted by the crumpled riser pipe, the full flow of the runaway Macondo wellhead in the BP oil spill burst forth last week when BP sawed through the pipe left over from when the ...

British oil giant BP vowed Friday to harness all of its resources to battle the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as the company worked frantically to stay ahead of the growing disaster and the blow to its ...

$100million The amount allocated by BP to compensate those put out of work as a result of the spill. 23.5 The percentage of United States' oil production comprised by offshore drilling.

The final phase of the main BP oil spill litigation ended Monday, nearly two years since dozens of attorneys for the federal government and BP converged on a New Orleans courtroom to begin what ...

151; -- Five years after the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 people and triggered the greatest oil spill in U.S. history, the company is waiting for a federal court to ...