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Oil slick on water in the ocean.

Settlement Finalized to Restore Natural Resources from an Oil Spill in Offshore Louisiana
Coast Guards boats skimming oil from the water surface in the area of the Shell Green Canyon spill

Natural Resource Trustees release Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Shell Green Canyon 248 Oil Spill
Oil slick in water viewed from the air at the Taylor MC20 site.

Settlement Proposed to Restore Natural Resources from an Oil Spill in Offshore Louisiana
Members of the 2nd 80’s Response Unified Command continue to remove product from damaged tanks at the ITC Deer Park facility on March 27, 2019 near La Porte, Texas (Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA2 Johanna Strickland).

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan for ITC Tank Fire Oil Spill Out for Public Comment

$2.1 M Finalized for Restoration at the Bayport Channel Oil Spill Site in Texas

Coast Guard boats skimming surface oil from Shell Green Canyon oil spill site

Natural Resource Trustees Request Public Comments on Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Shell Green Canyon 248 Oil Spill
The project includes distributing fish descender devices to recreational anglers and teaching best practices on their use.

NOAA and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Partner to Restore Recreational Fish

A Brown Pelican lands on the restored Queen Bess Island.

Rescued from Deepwater Horizon, a Resilient Native Returns to Queen Bess Island
Gag groupers are a species targeted for restoration in the recreational fisheries barotrauma reduction project.

$226 Million in Projects Approved in Gulf Open Ocean Restoration Plan
Responder in gloves holds sea turtle covered in oil during Deepwater Horizon oil spill (NOAA).

Story Map: Oil Spill Response and Assessment Guidelines for Sea Turtles
A pair of common loons on the water's surface, facing each other.

Deepwater Horizon Open Ocean Restoration Plan 1 Finalized
An aerial view of forest and estuary land on the Mississippi coast.

Mississippi Acquires Land in Grand Bay with Deepwater Horizon Settlement Funds
Dark oil photographed during a Coast Guard overflight on May 12, 2016.

Shell Green Canyon Settlement: $3.65 million for Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico
Marsh at the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Coast.

NOAA Announces Latest Partnership to Restore Habitats Damaged by Oil and Hazardous Waste
Dark oil photographed during a Coast Guard overflight on May 12, 2016.

U.S. Department of Justice seeks comment on a proposed settlement for natural resource damages at Shell Green Canyon in the Gulf of Mexico

Deepwater Horizon Trustees to Host Two Public Events, July 18 and 19 in Mississippi
A diver with a camera takes video and photos in a coral nursery.

Dive into 2017 Gulf Spill Restoration Project Data
Aerial photo of the Mississippi coast with a living shoreline project that includes natural and artificial breakwater material and marsh creation to reduce shoreline erosion.

Gulf Spill Restoration: Two Years After Settlement

Case Pages

An overflight image of damaged tanks.

ITC Tank Fire
Dark oil photographed during a Coast Guard overflight on May 12, 2016.

Shell Green Canyon 248
Two days after the spill occurred, oil had spread nearly 100 miles downriver, and carried into forested batture habitat making oil recovery and cleanup difficult.

Fuel Barge DM932
Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Deepwater Horizon
Disabled Tank Barge DBL 152 vessel before capsizing showing discharge of oil.

Tank Barge DBL 152