BP frees up $1bn to clean up Gulf oil spill damage

The damage of ecological envirornent

          As we know,Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill which broke out almost one year ago caused a huge damage. The ecological environment suffered a big wound. The spill caused extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats as well as the Gulf's fishing and tourism industries. Since the the break down of the lock of blowout, the oil well exploded, and the oil spilled out in a speed about 53,000 barrels per day. The U.S. Government has named BP as the responsible party, and officials have committed to holding the company accountable for all cleanup costs and other damage. After its own internal probe, BP admitted that it made mistakes which led to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It is because the remiss of the staffer of BP. In one month after the spilling event, BP checked all oil well in that area and found that more than 12 oil wells needed repairing.

                              

                                                  (A picture took by the satellite in June, 2010)