National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration Senior Scientist Bill Lehr testifies about the oil spilled in...
Fourth of July fireworks light up a slick of oil on the beach after it washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on...
An American flag lays in a slick of oil that washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on July 4, 2010 in Gulf Shores,...
Absorbent material is seen ringing an island as efforts are made to keep the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill off the land on July 3, 2010 near...
The Transocean Development Driller III and the Discoverer Enterprise drilling rig continue the effort to recover oil and cap the Deepwater Horizon...
Workers clear off some of the oil washing on to Fourchon Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on July 3, 2010 in Port...
Workers clear off some of the oil washing on to Fourchon Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on July 3, 2010 in Port...
Thick oil is seen washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on July 1, 2010 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Millions of...
Oily absorbent material along with containment booms are seen placed on the beach as efforts to clean the beach from effects of the Deepwater Horizon...
Oily absorbent material along with containment booms are seen placed on the beach as efforts to clean the beach from effects of the Deepwater Horizon...
Worker uses a vacuum hose to capture some of the oil washing on to Fourchon Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June...
Workers are seen as they clear off some of the oil washing on to Fourchon Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June...
The Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drillship burns off gas collected at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on June 25, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico...
The Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drillship burns off gas collected at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on June 25, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico...
Workers prepare to lay out new lines of boom to prevent oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon wellhead from reaching the wetlands on June 24, 2010 in...
Oil floats in the Gulf of Mexico near Orange Beach, Alabama, U.S., on Friday, June 18, 2010. The BP Plc oil spill, which began when the leased...
The Discoverer Enterprise burns off gas as it collects oil at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on June 19, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off...
Rig burns oil and gas near the Discoverer Enterprise at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on June 19, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP...
The Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drill ship collects oil from over the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well alongside support ships and...
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...
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...
Commercial fisher-woman Diane Wilson of Seadrift, Texas, fights back tears as she is handcuffed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer after interrupting a...
Crosses placed in the yard of a homeowner commemorate coastal activities and industries affected by the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in...
Charlie Green is overcome with emotion during a public prayer vigil for the oil spill along Pensacola Beach where oil globs have come ashore as oil...
An oil slick on the outside edge of the protective barrier formed by the Chandeleur Islands, as cleanup operations continue for the BP Deepwater...
Ribbon of oil is seen in the water May 4, 2010 near the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, as the gulf coast is still being threatened by the oil spill...
Crews on ships work on skimming and collecting oil near the source site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster May 29, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico near...
Father Keith Jones holds a family photo of Gordon Jones who was killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaste at his home in Baton Rouge, LA on May...
Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, speaks to the media after a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing about the Gulf...
Senator Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana, speaks at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing about the Gulf Coast disaster and the...
Cort Johnson prays along with his father Sean Johnson , who owns a seafood processiong business, and the rest of the family at the Saint Michael's...
Logan Heyne waits for workers to pass by as they search the beach for tar balls to be picked up as they wash ashore from the Deepwater Horizon site...
Workers clean up hay that was placed to protect the beach from oil and tar balls if they wash ashore from the Deepwater Horizon site on May 15, 2010...
Workers search the beach for tar balls to be picked up as they wash ashore from the Deepwater Horizon site on May 14, 2010 in Dauphin Island,...
Workers search the beach for tar balls to be picked up as they wash ashore from the Deepwater Horizon site on May 14, 2010 in Dauphin Island,...
Workers search the beach for tar balls to be picked up as they wash ashore from the Deepwater Horizon site on May 14, 2010 in Dauphin Island,...
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead collects on top of the water off the coast of Louisiana on May 6, 2010. The well is still leaking an...
Workers skim oil residue from the water as oil and tar balls reach land from the spill created by the Deepwater Horizon as efforts continue to...
Workers skim oil residue from the water as oil and tar balls reach land from the spill created by the Deepwater Horizon as efforts continue to...
The Viking Poseidon lowers the top hat device at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill May 11, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of...
Risers, the outer casings of oil drill pipes, are seen on the deck of the service vessel Joe Griffin as it prepares to head to Port Fouchon at the...
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...
The logos of Transocean and BP Plc are seen on the derrick of the Development Driller III, which is drilling the relief well at the site of the...
America Chairman and President Lamar McKay, Transocean President and CEO Steven Newman and Tim Probert, president of global business lines, and chief...
Members of the Alabama National Guard prepare a sea wall as a defense against the expected oil slick from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster,...
In this handout from NASA, an oil slick from the sunk Deepwater Horizon drilling platform is seen off the coast of Louisiana May 9, 2010 in the Gulf...
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...
Large amounts of oil sit on the surface of the water that has leaked out of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead operated by BP on May 6, 2010 in Gulf of...
Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles speaks as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar listens during a press conference about the response efforts for the...
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks with US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry during a press conference about the response efforts oil spill...
Sand berm built by local authorities intended to keep oil off the beaches May 5, 2010 in Pass Christian, Mississippi as the gulf coast is still...
Tony Hayward, chief executive officer of BP Plc, speaks to reporters after meeting with Senator Bill Nelson, unseen, to discuss the Deepwater Horizon...
Tony Hayward, chief executive officer of BP Plc, speaks to reporters after meeting with Senator Bill Nelson, unseen, to discuss the Deepwater Horizon...
Heavy oil is seen in the water May 4, 2010 near the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, as the gulf coast is still being threatened by the oil spill from...
An engineer next to the top hats used to connect a pipeline to the Pollution Control Dome being built at the Martin Terminal worksite in Port...
Fishermen who have been recruited to help clean up the massive oil spill created in the aftermath of the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon...
Fishermen who have been recruited to help clean up the massive oil spill created in the aftermath of the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon...
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research staff Dr. Rebecca Dunne and Heather Nevill hydrate a Northern Gannet bird that was covered in oil from the BP...
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research volunteer holds a Northern Gannet bird that was covered in oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster off...
Doug Suttles, chief operating officer of exploration and production for BP America, listens during a news conference on the cleanup and containment...
