Discovery of 'Invisible Oil' Shows BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Was Bigger Than We Thought
We already knew 2010’s Deepwater Horizon disaster was the biggest oil spill in history. When the BP rig exploded, it released 210 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of 87 days. Eleven workers died. So did thousands of marine animals. By all counts, it was horrible.