{{ As far as British oil giant BP is concerned, the catastrophic oil spill that tainted Louisiana’s shores more than a decade ago didn’t take place in the Gulf of Mexico.
It took place in the Gulf of America.
The company is one of several that have embraced President Trump’s official recasting of the more than 400-year-old name. One of Trump’s first acts in office was to sign an executive order renaming the 620,000-square-mile international body of water, which is bounded by the U.S., Mexico and Cuba, as the “Gulf of America.”
On its website and in recent filings, BP refers dozens of times to its drilling operations in the Gulf of America, as well as to the 2010 “Gulf of America oil spill.” Chevron CVX 0.76%increase; green up pointing triangle
and Shell have followed suit, as have Google, Microsoft and Apple, whose maps now feature Trump’s preferred name for U.S. users. }}
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