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Explosion occurs on Transocean's Deepwater Horizon oil rig. After the explosion 11 workers were reported missing
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Oil has already been burning for 36 hours when another explosion occurs. The second explosion causes oil rig to sink.
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Coast Guard call off search for missing worker after 3 days of searching
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guardian
Coast Guard announce the leak of 42,000 gal of oil leaking from the underwaterwell spill should be seen as a major threat -
Bp sends robots countless times to try to repair the welll by sealing off the oil coming from it. Despite many efforts they fail
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Homeland security signs and order which launches an investigation into what caused the explosion in the first place
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Oil estimated to be leaking more and more into the water. New estimate shows 24,000 gal./day leaking into the Gulf.
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Obama talks about spill in the Gulf at the white house. He accuses BP of being the cause of the spill.
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Huffingtonpost
Obama says no to drilling in new areas until the cause of the deepwater horizan has been fully determined -
BP CEO says that the amount of oil spilled into the Gulf will not cause a big problem given the size of the Gulf compared to the amount of oil being spilled.
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BP pays $20 billion into a fund to help support fisherman and Gulf industries that were effected by the spill.
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BP puts cap to hold oil until the permante solution is put in.
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BP pays $4.5 billion to U.S government for the spill in 2010. Bp is charged with felony counts including deaths of the 11 workers and lying to congress.
