BP/Gulf Oil Gusher Senator Murkowski Blocks Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act by Rosemary Piser on May 13, 2010 Rosemary Piser 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, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2010. Today, a bill aimed at holding oil companies like BP accountable for covering the costs of disasters like the offshore drilling blowout in the Gulf of Mexico was blocked by Senator Murkowski (R-Alaska)