Which company was behind the oil spill in the gulf coast?
With respect to the first two answers, they are both correct but left out the other two companies still legally responsible and now before the U.S. Justice Department. This is how it worked and all “three company’s” are responsible for it’s demise.. Transocean “Owned and Operated” the rig Deepwater Horizon. British Petroleum “Leased” the oil rig Deepwater Horizon from Transoceanic. Halliburton was hired to supply the “Workers” on board the Deepwater Horizon. This is for your edification: May 6 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Justice Department asked BP Plc, Halliburton Co. and Transocean Ltd. to preserve evidence from an April 20 oil-rig explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a person familiar with the matter. Halliburton employees completed cementing of the final production casing on the well about 20 hours before the explosion, the company said in an April 30 statement. Halliburton was responsible for sealing with cement the oil extracting drill a mile below the Gulf surface.
