Despite the fourth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon incident approaching, BP says it’s committed to playing a major role in Gulf of Mexico operations. Eleven rig workers died when a series of cascading failures at the Deepwater Horizon rig, which BP leased from Transocean, caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. According to U.S. government estimates, about 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled in months following the accident. BP Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley said during an annual meeting the Gulf of Mexico was a central part of the company’s portfolio. “We remain very committed to BP playing a major part in the future prosperity of the Gulf of Mexico region, where we invest billions, employ about 2,300 people and support tens of thousands more jobs in other businesses,” he said Thursday. Last month, BP won its first […]