Scientific American | BP Oil Spill 5 Years Later: The Coast Is Still Struggling [Video] Scientific American A blowout at the Macondo oil well five years ago today touched off what has since become known as the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Oil washed ashore on long stretches of the Gulf of Mexico ... After explosion, tragedy turns Gulf oil rigs safer The BP oil spill, five years later BP spill: 5 years later, offshore oil drillers push to riskier depths |