En ce qui concerne la plate-forme Deepwater Horizon, le plafond américain est toujours de 75 milliards de dollars. Cependant, la commission chargée par la Maison-Blanche d'enquêter sur l'accident de la plate-forme Deepwater Horizon, a conclu que ce plafond est absolument trop faible.
With regard to the Deepwater Horizon, the U.S. limit remains at $75 million; however, when the White House set up its commission of inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon, one of its conclusions was that this was absolutely too low.