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BP Oil Spill

By Savannah Satcher

  • Loop currents

    Loop currents
    Oil entering an ocean loop current.

  • Burning and Sinking

    Burning and Sinking
    Deep water horizon burns and sink.

  • Reaching states near us.

    Reaching states near us.
    Oil reaches the coast in Louisiana.

  • Oil spill gets banned

    Oil spill gets banned
    Obama bans oil spill

  • 4th to the Gulf

    4th to the Gulf
    Obama makes his fourth trip to the Gulf.

  • The Obama administration gets blocked

    The Obama administration gets blocked
    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.

  • affected all five U.S Gulf Coast States

    affected all five U.S Gulf Coast States
    oil from the spill reaches Texas, meaning it has affected all five U.S. Gulf Coast State

  • Biggest leak ever

    Biggest leak ever
    this has been the biggest leak ever within 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked before the well was capped last month

  • Clean up

    Clean up
    the United States government says three-quarters of the oil spill in the Gulf has been cleaned up or broken down by natural factors

  • $6.1bn

    $6.1bn
    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.