BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 5 years later

Paul Hunter | CBC News | Posted: April 19, 2015 3:25 PM | Last Updated: April 19, 2015

Louisiana residents say effects of massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill still being felt

Media | CBC'S Paul Hunter returns to the Gulf Coast to see how the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is still affecting the region and its people.

Caption: It's been nearly five years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More than three million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. Paul Hunter takes us back to Louisiana.

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Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, residents and ecologists say the effects of the disaster are still being felt.

An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20, 2010, resulted in the largest accidental release of oil into marine waters in history. Estimates of the size of the spill vary, but a U.S. government panel puts it at 650 million litres between the time of the explosion and when the well was finally capped 87 days later.

The CBC's Paul Hunter visited Louisiana to find out how the spill continues to affect the region.

BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 5 years later

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