Telegraph.co.uk | Five Years After BP Oil Spill: New Regulations Call for Extensive Drilling ... AccuWeather.com April 20 marks the five-year anniversary of the BP oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The explosion, and subsequent 87-day-long oil leak, was the country's worst maritime petroleum spill in history. As a response to this tragedy ... BP oil spill: Five years after 'worst environmental disaster' in US history ... Next Deepwater Horizon-scale oil spill could be caused by cyber attack Behind the Lens of 5 Iconic AP Photos of the BP Oil Spill |