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Explosion occours
Explosion occurs on Transocean's Deepwater Horizon oil rig. After the explosion 11 workers were reported missing -
Oil burns for hours
Oil has already been burning for 36 hours when another explosion occurs. The second explosion causes oil rig to sink. -
Search for missing workers
Coast Guard call off search for missing worker after 3 days of searching -
Coast Guard's big announcement
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 sending in the Robots
Bp sends robots countless times to try to repair the welll by sealing off the oil coming from it. Despite many efforts they fail -
Homeland signs order for investigation
Homeland security signs and order which launches an investigation into what caused the explosion in the first place -
oil spreading more and more in Gulf
Oil estimated to be leaking more and more into the water. New estimate shows 24,000 gal./day leaking into the Gulf. -
Obama talks about spill
Obama talks about spill in the Gulf at the white house. He accuses BP of being the cause of the spill. -
No dirlling for now !!!
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Obama says no to drilling in new areas until the cause of the deepwater horizan has been fully determined -
BP CEO says were not the cause
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. -
Pay up BP
BP pays $20 billion into a fund to help support fisherman and Gulf industries that were effected by the spill. -
BP puts cap on
BP puts cap to hold oil until the permante solution is put in. -
The court finds bp guilty
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.
