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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Timeline

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    There was an explosion and fire were they were drilling!
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    Oil disaster

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    A deep water horizon rig sinks.
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    After searching for the eleven crew members they quit looking for awhile after searching 5,00 square feet.
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    Drilling started to seal the leaking oil.
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    They get many people to help.
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    6.700 fans to die from the oil spill.
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    2nd drill starts to seal leak.
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    BP gives $500 million dollars to the gulf of mexico research (GRI) to study the impact of the oil spill.
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    "Top kill" operation starts effort to stop flow of the oil, by injecting heavy drilling fluids into the rig.
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    BP announces that top kill did not stop the flow.
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    BP donates the net revenue from oil recovered from the MC252 spill to create,restore,improve, and protect the wildlife.
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    Collection of oil from the LMRP containment cap and Q4000 system continues 25,000 barrels have been collected
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    Sealing cap with the installation of three ram capping stacks.
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    BP flushes drilling mod and hydrocarbons from the macondo well in advance of pressure test to ensure the well is secure.

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    BP deploys two satellite controlled unmanned vehicles to monitor the gulf of mexico.

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    BP announces that it will create a new safety division.