Late on the night of April 20th, 50 miles from the shore of Louisiana, a fire broke out aboard the Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil rig under lease by BP, with 126 individuals on board.
The leased car will typically be under factory warranty for the duration of the lease -- and car leasing contracts often have add-on provisos that cover routine maintenance, such as oil changes, etc.
He also suspended or canceled a number of lease sales off the coast of the United States and extended a moratorium on deep-sea offshore oil drilling permits.