Question: What was Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge inspired by?

Context articles: Wendy Schmidt
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Cataglyphis
Ship oil pollution emergency plan
List of American Le Mans Series champions
Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Schmidt Family Foundation
List of European Le Mans Series champions
Schmidt Ocean Institute

Wendy Schmidt (born Wendy Susan Boyle; 1955) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist.
 She is the wife of Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google, whom she met in graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley.
 She is the president of the Schmidt Family Foundation.
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) (101 H.R.1465, P.L. 101-380) was passed by the 101st United States Congress and signed by President George H. W. Bush.
 It works to avoid oil spills from vessels and facilities by enforcing removal of spilled oil and assigning liability for the cost of cleanup and damage, requires specific operating procedures; defines responsible parties and financial liability; implements processes for measuring damages; specifies damages for which violators are liable; and establishes a fund for damages, cleanup, and removal costs.
 This statute has resulted in instrumental changes in the oil production, transportation, and distribution industries.
Cataglyphis, or desert ants, is a genus of ant in the subfamily Formicinae.
 Its most famous species is "C. bicolor", the Sahara Desert ant, which runs on hot sand to find insects that died of heat exhaustion, and can, like other several other "Cataglyphis" species, sustain body temperatures of up to 50 °C.
 Cataglyphis is also the name of an autonomous rover that won the NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge inspired by the navigation approaches used by desert ants.
The Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, or SOPEP, is a prevention plan carried on board tankers >150 GT and other vessels >400 GT.
 In this plan you get an overview of possible procedures in case of an oil spill.
 In the plan is also mentioned who you should contact (list of authorities, oil cleanup teams and port state control) and how to report this event to the nearest coast guard station.
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) features several championships awarded by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) to the most successful competitors within each of the racing categories used by the series each season.
 Individual championships are awarded for being the top point scoring drivers and teams as well as chassis, engine, and tire manufacturers.
 Other unique championships include the IMSA Cup, Founder's Cup, Michelin Green X Challenge, and the ALMS Challenge.
 The Drivers', Teams', Chassis Manufacturers', and Automobile Manufacturers' Championships have been awarded since the formation of the series in 1999, while the Tire and Engine Manufacturers' Championships were introduced in the 2000 season.
The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE was a challenge award offered by the X PRIZE Foundation for efficient capturing of crude oil from ocean water.
 Inspired by the ongoing "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill disaster, the award was announced on July 29, 2010, and the official one-year competition began on August 1, 2010.
 The first three teams were to be awarded US$1 million, US$300,000 and US$100,000 respectively.
The "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.
 Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8% to 31% larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill.
 The US Government estimated the total discharge at 4.9 Moilbbl .
 After several failed efforts to contain the flow, the well was declared sealed on September 19, 2010.
 Reports in early 2012 indicated that the well site was still leaking.
The Schmidt Family Foundation is a private foundation created in 2006 by Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google, and his wife Wendy Schmidt, to address issues pertaining to sustainability and the responsible use of natural resources.
The European Le Mans Series features several championships awarded by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest to the most successful competitors within each of the series categories each season.
 Since the first full season in 2004, championships have been awarded to the highest finishing drivers and teams, while the Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge (later renamed the Michelin Green X Challenge) was introduced in 2007.
 Constructors championships were introduced in 2008.
The Schmidt Ocean Institute is a non-profit private foundation focused on oceanography, founded in March 2009 by Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt.
 The Institute’s goal is to advance ocean exploration, discovery, and knowledge using technological advances, data-rich observation and analysis, and open sharing of information.