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May 14
BP tries to thread a tube into the broken wellhead to collect some of the leaking oil in surface ships. -
May 30
worst environmental disaster in US history, worse even than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. -
June 4
BP cap called the " lower marine riser package" on the leaking wellhead to pump the leaking oil and gas to ships on the surface. -
April 30
oil the from leaking begins washing the shore of Louisiana. -
July 6
oil from the spill reaches Texas affects five U.S. Gulf Coast states. -
July 22
Dozens of vessels and the rig drilling a relief well to permanently block the damaged well. -
July 27
scientists say oil from the well cleared from the sea faster than expected 100 days after disaster. -
July 28
Environment Protection Agency says in a study the dispersant used after the spill is more toxic than the oil alone. -
September 3
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. -
September 17
BP pumps cement seal the damaged well after it was intercepted by a relief well.
