BP/Gulf Oil Gusher NOAA and University Scientists Launch Research Cruise to Determine Effects of Oil Spill on Endangered Whales by Gary Kopycinski on July 2, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in BP/Gulf Oil Gusher: Statement of Chris Canfield One Year After Deepwater Horizon Explosion April 20, 2011 Groups Tell Congress: Get Together and Get Gulf Restoration Done April 20, 2011 BP’s Criminal Negligence Exposed April 20, 2011 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010. NOAA ship Gordon Gunter will depart today to continue its mission to evaluate the effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill on whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, including the endangered sperm whale.