Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 2010, fashewa ya lalata wani jirgin ruwa mai zurfi a Macondo Prospect a Gulf of Mexico, yana haifar da
babban kwararar mai mai dorewa. Obama ya ziyarci Gulf, ya sanar da bincike na tarayya, kuma ya kafa kwamiti na jam'iyyun biyu don bayar da shawarar sababbin ka'idojin tsaro, bayan nazarin Sakataren Harkokin Cikin Gida Ken Salazar da kuma sauraren majalisa. Sannan ya sanar da dakatar da watanni shida kan sabbin lasisin hako mai zurfin ruwa da kuma hayar, har sai an sake duba tsarin. Yayin da kokarin da BP ta yi ya gaza, wasu a cikin kafofin watsa labarai da jama'a sun nuna rudani da suka kan fannoni daban-daban na lamarin, kuma sun bayyana sha'awar karin shiga tsakani daga Obama da gwamnatin tarayya.