Lawsuits and restoration efforts stall 15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill By Holly Duchmann - April 21, 2025 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offsh… Already an INSIDER? Sign in.