President Barack Obama meets with cabinet members to discuss the administration's response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in the Cabinet Room...
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...
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...
In this handout from the U.S. Department of Defense, crewmembers from USCGC Harry Claiborne remove an oil covered boom from the ocean May 8, 2010 in...
An oil coated containment boom is seen on the beach after it was moved out of place high winds and waves in the past days which brought oil ashore...
Workers clean up oily globs that washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico July 9, 2010 in Waveland, Mississippi....
Crab trap builder Shawn Platt stands with his idle traps in on May 13, 2010 in Hopedale, Louisiana. The traps were all pulled from the Gulf waters...
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...
Beach goer holds a bag of oil globs she collected after they washed up on Pensacola Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico...
Protesters carry signs as they express themselves about the BP oil company while walking along Pensacola Beach where oil globs have come ashore as...
Protesters hold signs in the audience as BP America Chairman and President Lamar McKay testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...
Brown pelican coated in heavy oil wallows in the surf June 4, 2010 on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident is...
Plastic bottle is seen coated in oil on Pensacola Beach as oil makes its way on shore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on...
Plc contract workers remove oil that washed onto the beach at Grand Isle State Park in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S., on Sunday, June 6, 2010. A Tiger...
America Chairman and President Lamar McKay, Transocean President and CEO Steven Newman and Tim Probert, president of global business lines, and chief...
Chief Executive Tony Hayward is sworn in before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for a hearing on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and...
Activists holds signs during a protest in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building on the first day of the trial over the Deep Water Horizon oil rig...
Oil burns during a controlled fire May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard is overseeing oil burns after the sinking, and subsequent...
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks with US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry during a press conference about the response efforts oil spill...
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the damaged blow out preventer along with the Lower Marine Riser Package cap from the...
Laughing gull coated in heavy oil wallows in the surf June 4, 2010 on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident is...
Dead sea turtle is seen laying on a beach as concern continues that the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may harm animals in its path on May...
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...
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue...
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...
Gathered concentrated oil burns during a controlled oil fire May 5, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard oversaw the oil burn after the...
Boat makes its way through crude oil that has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans,...
The Q4000, a vessel leased by BP Plc, center, burns off oil and gas it collected at the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of...
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...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration Senior Scientist Bill Lehr testifies about the oil spilled in...
Environmental activists hold a rally in front of the White House to protest offshore drilling for oil May 11, 2010 in Washington, DC. The Deepwater...
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testifies about the government response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico before the Senate Environment...
About 50 demonstrators sit and kneel in prayer while trying to enter the Washington offices of oil giant BP to protest the company's handling of the...
Actor Kevin Costner gives his testimony on the Department of Homeland Security's response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico...
In this handout image provided be the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater...
Makeshift sign warns of a closed beach due approaching oil slicks in an affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the British Petroleum oil...
Protestors hold signs during a demonstration outside of a building that is being constructed on the U.C. Berkeley campus and is funded by British...
America Chairman and President Lamar McKay and Transocean Ltd. President and CEO Steven Newman, are sworn in before testifing during a House...
South Pass, LA A sea turtle surfaces to feed on Portuguese Man-O-War contaminated with oil due to the spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster...
In this satellite image, the oil slick produced Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion is seen April 26, 2010 in The Gulf of Mexico. The...
Controlled burn of oil is conducted near the source of the BP Plc Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S.,...
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...
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...
Oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon spill is seen in the water off of the barrier islands on June 29, 2010 near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Tropical...
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...
Pete Duchock holds his daughter, Maddie Duchock, as they stand near oil residue that has stained the beach after washing ashore from the Deepwater...
Trish Webster enjoys the beach as workers pass by as they search the beach for tar balls to be picked up as they wash ashore from the Deepwater...
Oil cleanup workers place absorbent material along the waters edge as they try to keep the residue from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf...
Beach goer walks on the beach where oil is seen in the water as it washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June...
Heather Nevill , and fellow veterinarians clean an oil-covered brown pelican at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center on May 15, 2010 in...
Dead fish laying on the sand is seen with oil residue on it from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June 27, 2010 in Orange...
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...
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...
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...
Workers are seen as they use a vacuum hose to capture some of the oil washing on to Fourchon Beach from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf...
Sen. Bill Nelson holds up a map of what he called undiscovered oil and gas resources during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing...
An oil sheen and clumps of oil are seen in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Monday, July 26, 2010. BP Plc returned to work on...
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano surveys the oil sheen on the water , aboard a Coast Guard HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft on April 30,...
Kindra Arneson, the wife of a Gulf Coast fisherman, nearly cries as she grills government officials about the use of dispersants over an oil spill...
