Question

2. According to the U.S. government, 4.9 billion barrels of crude oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in April 2010. Express this volume of crude oil in liters and in cubic kilometers​

Answer 1

In September 2014, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that BP was primarily responsible for the oil spill because of its gross negligence and reckless conduct. In July 2015, BP agreed to pay $18.7 billion in fines, the largest corporate settlement in United States history.