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16.06.2010, 17:56 Uhr • Lesezeit: 1 Minute

A handout picture released by Greenpeace shows oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead sitting on the water near Grand Isle State Park in Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA, 13 June 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead has been reaching the Louisiana shores for weeks. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on 20 April and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea. EPA/KATE DAVISON HANDOUT IMAGE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD BY EXTERNAL MEDIA FOR 14 DAYS AFTER RELEASE. TERMS OF HAND-OUT: NO RESALE, NO ARCHIVE, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. EDITORIAL USE ONLY +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ — A handout picture released by Greenpeace shows oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead sitting on the water near Grand Isle State Park in Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA, 13 June 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead has been reaching the Louisiana shores for weeks. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on 20 April and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea. EPA/KATE DAVISON HANDOUT IMAGE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD BY EXTERNAL MEDIA FOR 14 DAYS AFTER RELEASE. TERMS OF HAND-OUT: NO RESALE, NO ARCHIVE, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. EDITORIAL USE ONLY +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

Für die USA entwickelt sich die Ölpest im Golf von Mexiko mehr und mehr zum Alptraum. Ölmuliti BP wird zum Hassobjekt.

Hamburg. Es dürfte die teuerste Umweltkatastrophe in der Geschichte der Menschheit werden. Nach dem Untergang der Ölplattform "Deepwater Horizon" im Mai strömten Tag für Tag tausende Liter Öl ins Meer und verpesteten über eine Fläche von hunderten von Quadratkilometern die Umwelt, vernichteten alles Leben.

Für die US-Regierung ist die Ölpest die bislang wichtigste Herausforderung des Jahres 2010. Für den britischen Ölmuliti BP könnte sich das Unglück als Fass ohne Boden und extrem teuer erweisen. Für US-Präsident Barack Obama war die Ölpesttagelang das wichtigste innenpolitische Thema.

Als Konsequenz aus der Katastrophe und dem mangelnden Sicherheitskonzept trat BP-CHef Tony Hayward von seinem Amt zurück. Nachfolger ist zum ersten Mal in der Geschchte von BP ein Nicht-Brite: US-Bürger Robert Dudley soll den angeschlagenen Öl-Multi durch die Krise und die Zait danach navigieren.

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ARCHIV - BP-Chef Tony Hayward bei einer Pressekonferenz am 06.02.2007 in der BP-Zentrale in London. Der britische Energiekonzern BP hat den Rücktritt seines Vorstandschefs Tony Hayward zum 1. Oktober erklärt. Der Konzern reagierte damit am Dienstag (27.07.2010) in der Londoner Firmenzentrale auf die anhaltende Kritik an Haywards Krisenmanagement bei der Ölpest im Golf von Mexiko. Sein Nachfolger wird der Amerikaner Dudley. EPA/LINDSEY PARNABY +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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BP CEO Tony Hayward and Managing Director Bob Dudley (R) leave after their meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington in a June 16, 2010 file photo. BP Plc's board will discuss the future of Chief Executive Tony Hayward when it meets on July 26 to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the firm's second-quarter results, sources familiar with the matter said. They said the focus will be on the timing of Hayward's departure, rather than whether or not he would stay with the company. REUTERS/Jim Young/files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS DISASTER POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY)

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BURAS, LA - JUNE 11: Pelicans with oil on them wait to be cleaned at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center on June 11, 2010 in Buras, Louisiana. It is thought that thousands of birds and other wildlife have been contaminated due to the oil spill. U.S. government scientists today estimated that the flow rate of oil gushing out of a ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well may be as high 40,000 barrels per day. The oil spill has now been called the largest environmental disaster in American history. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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People walk by streaks of dry and wet oil at the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, USA on 04 July 2010. Usually the weekend of 04 July, when the USA celebrates its independence from British rule, is a busy time for the Gulf Coast but the threat of oil on the beaches and rough waters caused by what is left from Hurricane Alex have kept people away. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which began two months ago, is the largest in US history and continues to threaten wildlife, the ecosystem and the economy of the Gulf Coast as BP and government officials attempt to stop the flow and remove what has already been released. EPA/DAN ANDERSON +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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Protesters against the BP oil spill walk on the North side of the White House grounds in Washington, June 16, 2010. Guessing BP's ultimate liability for the worst oil spill in U.S. history has become something of a parlor game on both sides of the Atlantic. The company said on June 28 it had spent $2.65 billion so far on its response effort. With the first of two relief wells not expected to be ready until August, that total is certain to soar. Cleanup costs are likely to be only a small fraction of what the oil giant ends up paying. Analysts at Credit Suisse have said BP's cleanup and legal costs could reach $37 billion. Goldman Sachs & Co analysts projected $33 billion. Raymond James & Associates analysts, noting a

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Airboat operator Michael Fabian's glove is dripping with thick crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Bay Jimmy marsh section of Barataria Bay near Port Sulpher, Louisiana, USA, 20 June 2010. Plaquemines Parish officials are using portable vacuums to slowly collect the oil at their own expense. The BP oil spill is the largest in US history and continues to threaten wildlife, the ecosystem and the economy of the Gulf Coast as BP and government officials attempt to stop the flow and remove what has already been released. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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Smoke rises from the BP oil spill site, as natural gas is burned off, while the drilling of two relief wells continue in the Gulf of Mexico, July 4, 2010. A commission appointed by President Barack Obama to study the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill gives academics and environmentalists a prominent role in making recommendations about the future of offshore drilling in the United States. REUTERS/Lyle W. Ratliff (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)

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The Discoverer Enterprise of Transocean burns off gas at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico, in this handout photograph taken June 9, 2010 and released on June 11. BP Plc said on Friday it collected 15,400 barrels (646,800 gallons/2,448,404 liters) of oil in 24 hours on Thursday, a small decrease from 15,800 barrels collected in the previous 24 hours. REUTERS/Petty Officer First Class John Masson/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENERGY DISASTER BUSINESS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

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A boat motors through oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay, on the Louisiana coast, at sunset on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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ARCHIV - Die Luftaufnahme zeigt einen Ölteppich, der im Golf von Mexiko nahe der verunglückten Ölbohrplattform Deepwater Horizon treibt (Archivfoto vom 07.05.2010). Das sogenannte «Kill»-Manöver zum Schließen des Öl-Lecks im Golf von Mexiko war nach Angaben des Ölkonzerns BP offensichtlich erfolgreich. Es sei das gewünschte Ergebnis erzielt worden, teilte BP am Mittwoch (04.08.2010) in London mit. EPA/CHRISTOPHER BERKEY +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE NO SALES NO ARCHIVE - This handout photo taken on July 21, 2010 and provided by Greenpeace on July 22, 2010 shows the oil covered hands of a villager during the clean up of an oil spill in the port of Dalian. Chinese authorities battled to contain an oil spill on the country's northeast coast amid reports it was spreading and as warnings emerged of a heavy long-term environmental impact. The government has mobilised hundreds of fishing boats and other vessels to clean up the spill that occurred in the port city of Dalian, but Greenpeace said many people thrown into the effort were reduced to using their bare hands. The spill happened on July 16 after two pipelines exploded at an oil storage depot, triggering a spectacular blaze that burned throughout the weekend. TOPSHOTS HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE NO SALES NO ARCHIVE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO/GREENPEACE/JIANG HE

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