BP leased the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which exploded and collapsed in 2010 after a rupture in an ultra-deepwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. An estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil were released, making it the largest marine oil spill in history. BP later paid billions in damages, fines, and penalties, pleaded guilty to 14 criminal charges, and agreed to a roughly $20 billion civil settlement.
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