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BP Oil Spill

  • Funneling off

    Funneling off

    BP begins to funnel off the oil spill
  • Gulf Coast States

    Gulf Coast States

    Oil reached all 5 U.S. gulf coast states
  • Reaching Texas

    Reaching Texas

    Oil from the spill has finally reached Texas
  • Oil flow cut off

    Oil flow cut off

    BP cuts off oil flow to prevent more spills
  • Oil is cleared

    Oil is cleared

    Scientists say that oil cleared faster than expected
  • Biggest spill

    Biggest spill

    U.S. government says that this spill is the biggest oil spill in the U.S.
  • 4.9 million barrels

    4.9 million barrels

    The U.S. government announces that 4.9 million barrels of oil were leaked into the gulf
  • Total cost

    Total cost

    Total cost of th spill is $6.1bn
  • Blowout preventer fails

    Blowout preventer fails

    Blowout preventer fails to stop explosion on the Deep Water Horizon Rig
  • Pumping cement

    Pumping cement

    BP pumped cement to seal the damage that had been done