Deepwater Horizon was a contractor for BP at the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil drilling operation . Halliburton Energy Services Inc. and its contractors have been locked in legal battles since Monday . `` Yes , that 's part of the reason , yes , ma'am , '' Morgan testified , according to the BP papers . An explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 16 and injured 11 . The explosion led to more than 200 million gallons of oil being released into the Gulf of Mexico .
Deepwater Horizon was a contractor for BP at the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil drilling operation . Halliburton Energy Services Inc. and its contractors have been locked in legal battles since Monday . An explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 16 and injured 11 . The explosion led to more than 200 million gallons of oil being released into the Gulf of Mexico .