Key Points: Gulf Oil Spill
- The Gulf Oil Spill happened in 2010 and resulted in 200 million gallons of oil being released into the Gulf of Mexico.
- The large-scale environmental impacts resulting from the Gulf Oil Spill have continued to be researched in the time frame from the spill to present.
- Scientific studies have found a large amount of oil on the seafloor near the well site.
- Observations of the oil have supported the inference that it came from the spill.
