Remembering BP oil spill
April 24, 2015
Fire boat response crews put out the fire on the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig on April 20, 2010.
U.S. Coast Guard / Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — State and federal officials overseeing $1 billion provided by BP PLC to spur recovery from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Monday, April 20 that they’re proposing another 10 projects totaling $134 million.
The latest projects announced on the fifth anniversary of the spill are preliminary, with officials planning to reach a final agreement with the oil company later this year. If approved, they would bring total spending so far to $832 million.
