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Oil entering an ocean loop current.
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Deep water horizon burns and sink.
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Oil reaches the coast in Louisiana.
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Obama bans oil spill
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Obama makes his fourth trip to the Gulf.
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A Federal Judge blocks the Obama administration six month moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the ban cannot be justified.
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oil from the spill reaches Texas, meaning it has affected all five U.S. Gulf Coast State
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this has been the biggest leak ever within 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked before the well was capped last month
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the United States government says three-quarters of the oil spill in the Gulf has been cleaned up or broken down by natural factors
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BP announces that the total cost of the oil spill so far has reached $ 6.1bn. The cost includes the cost of the spill response containment, relief well dwelling and cementing up the damage as well.
