Halliburton was a contractor for BP at the ill - planned Deepwater Horizon oil drilling project . BP and its contractors have been locked in legal battles since last year . An explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 2 and injured 16 . ... The explosion led to more than 200 million barrels of oil being released into the Gulf of Mexico .
Halliburton was a contractor for BP at the ill - planned Deepwater Horizon oil drilling project . BP and its contractors have been locked in legal battles since last year . An explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 2 and injured 16 . The explosion led to more than 200 million barrels of oil being released into the Gulf of Mexico .