In this handout image provided be the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater...
Fire boats battle a fire at the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Multiple Coast...
Fire boats battle a fire at the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Multiple Coast...
Fire boats battle a fire at the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Multiple Coast...
Boat works to collect oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. An...
In this handout image provided be the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater...
Smoke rises from a controlled burn May 19, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. According to reports May 20 Environmental Protection Agency has ordered BP to...
Crude oil lays on the ground in the foreground as workers are seen moving absorbent material as they try to capture some of the oil washing on to...
Volunteers clean an oil covered brown pelican found off the Louisiana coast and affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico...
The Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drillship burns off gas collected at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of...
Oil covered brown pelicans found off the Louisiana coast and affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico wait in a holding...
Boat makes its way through crude oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans,...
Workers clean up oily globs that washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico July 9, 2010 in Waveland, Mississippi....
Oil burns during a controlled fire May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard is overseeing oil burns after the sinking, and subsequent...
Brown pelican covered with oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, swims at Sandy Point in the Gulf of Mexico, near Venice, Louisiana, June 15...
Plc contract workers remove oil that washed onto the beach at Grand Isle State Park in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S., on Sunday, June 6, 2010. A Tiger...
Boats surround the leaking oil from the site where the Deepwater Horizon oil platform sank as work continues to contain the leak on May 9, 2010 in...
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the damaged blow out preventer along with the Lower Marine Riser Package cap from the...
Controlled burn of oil is conducted near the source of the BP Plc Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S.,...
The Discoverer Enterprise drilling rig is seen as it continues the effort to recover oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill site on July 3, 2010 in the...
Workers are seen as they use a vacuum hose to capture some of the oil washing on to Fourchon Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf...
Crews on ships work on stopping the flow of oil at the source site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on May 29, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico near...
Smoke rises from a controlled burn of oil on the surface of the water near the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,...
In this handout from the U.S. Department of Defense, crewmembers from USCGC Harry Claiborne remove an oil covered boom from the ocean May 8, 2010 in...
Dead fish lays on the beach as workers clean up hay that was placed to protect the beach from oil and tar balls if they wash ashore from the...
South Pass, LA A sea turtle surfaces to feed on Portuguese Man-O-War contaminated with oil due to the spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster...
The Development Driller III, which is drilling the relief well, is seen at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill May 11, 2010 off the coast of...
Oil burns during a controlled fire May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard is overseeing oil burns after the sinking, and subsequent...
Gathered concentrated oil burns during a controlled oil fire May 5, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard oversaw the oil burn after the...
Crude oil sits on the surface of the water that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New...
An oil rig near the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. An estimated leak of 1,000-5,000...
Boat makes its way through crude oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans,...
Mississippi River water meets sea water and an oil slick that has passsed inside of the protective barrier formed by the Chandeleur Islands, as...
Greenpeace hostesses splatter luxury vehicles with oil on October 20, 2010 in front of the Brussels office of the European Carmaker Association to...
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue...
Emma Holmes on vacation from Texas enjoys the beach despite the threat of contamination from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on...
Beach goer walks on the beach where oil is seen in the water as it washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June...
Chief Executive Tony Hayward is sworn in before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for a hearing on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and...
Thick oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill floats on the surface of the water and coats the marsh wetlands in Bay Jimmy near Port Sulphur,...
Great blue heron stands on oil containment booms that are being used to protect the beach area from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of...
Crews on ships work on the attempted "top kill" procedure at the source site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on May 29, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico...
Smoke rises from a controlled burn May 19, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. According to reports May 20 Environmental Protection Agency has ordered BP to...
Trish Webster enjoys the beach as workers pass by as they search the beach for tar balls to be picked up as they wash ashore from the Deepwater...
Oysters displayed on a zone map which highlights their origin, at the Bourbon House restaurant in New Orleans as the spreading oil from the BP...
Oil is seen in the water from the bridge of the supply vessel Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill May 11, 2010 off the coast...
Oil burns during a controlled fire May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard is overseeing oil burns after the sinking, and subsequent...
Boat makes its way through crude oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans,...
Boat works to collect oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. An...
Boat works to collect oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. An...
In this satellite image, the oil slick produced Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion is seen April 26, 2010 in The Gulf of Mexico. The...
Response boats work to clean up oil where the Deepwater Horizon oilrig sank April 22, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana.. The...
Freshly shucked Gulf Oyster. Oyster farming is a huge industry in the southern area of the Mississippi delta. An oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon...
Gas is flared off from a flame boom aboard offshore oil and gas platform Edith in the Beta Field off the coast of Long Beach, California, U.S....
Gas is flared off from a flame boom aboard offshore oil and gas platform Edith in the Beta Field off the coast of Long Beach, California, U.S....
Birds fly over a man fishing, days after a BP announcement that it is ending its "active cleanup" on the Louisiana coast from the Deepwater Horizon...
Activists holds signs during a protest in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building on the first day of the trial over the Deep Water Horizon oil rig...
Support ship related to the collection of oil from over the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well transitions through a sheen of oil as workers...
Thick oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill floats on the surface of the water and coats the marsh wetlands in Bay Jimmy near Port Sulphur,...
Birds at the Breton Island sanctuary that is protected by oil boom barriers to stop the spread of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform...
Oil covered brown pelicans found off the Louisiana coast and affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico wait in a holding...