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BP tries to thread a tube into the broken wellhead to collect some of the leaking oil in surface ships.
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worst environmental disaster in US history, worse even than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska.
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BP cap called the " lower marine riser package" on the leaking wellhead to pump the leaking oil and gas to ships on the surface.
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oil the from leaking begins washing the shore of Louisiana.
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oil from the spill reaches Texas affects five U.S. Gulf Coast states.
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Dozens of vessels and the rig drilling a relief well to permanently block the damaged well.
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scientists say oil from the well cleared from the sea faster than expected 100 days after disaster.
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Environment Protection Agency says in a study the dispersant used after the spill is more toxic than the oil alone.
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blowout preventer failed to stop the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig is removed from gulf oil well by BP 300 ton device into the leak of 206m gallons of oil into the Gulf.
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BP pumps cement seal the damaged well after it was intercepted by a relief well.
