BP oil spill: an interactive timeline
On 20 April 2010 an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 men and sent millions of gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. This timeline tracks BP's attempts to control the spill, the unfolding environmental disaster and the political fallout of a bitter confrontation with the Obama administration. Use the tabs below to browse the full archive or focus on a topic
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