Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill In The News

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This graphic shows the current location of the oil sheen produced by the Deepwater Horizon incident.

Bloomberg — April 27, 2010 — April 27 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Anastasia Haydulina reports on the clean-up operation after the BP-leased rig Deepwater Horizon caught fire and sank last week in the Gulf of Mexico. BP, which is battling an underwater well leak streaming 1,000 barrels of oil a day into the sea, said today profit more than doubled in the first quarter on higher oil prices.

CBSNewsOnline — April 26, 2010 — A man-made disaster is developing in the Gulf of Mexico as a huge amount of oil leaks from the drilling rig that recently exploded and sank. As Kelly Cobiella tells us, it’s headed toward land.

April 26, 2010 — The Coast Guard is working around the clock to secure a 1,000 gallon-a-day oil leak from a rig that exploded off the Louisiana coast last week.

CBS — April 23, 2010 — While an environmental catastrophe may have been averted, the oil slick covering 5 square miles still poses a threat.

CBS — April 22, 2010 — The oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to become an environmental disaster.