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The deep water horizon oil
rig explodes after insufficient
tests and misread pressure testsThe oil rig sinks
to the bottom
of the ocean,
releasing 8000
barrels of oil per dayThe US Coast guards sets
fireto spilled oilOil starts washing ashore in LouisianaA giant metal box is dropped onto
the leaking well, but it fails to contain
the oil spill.Researchers find that
the leak is spilling
70.000 barrels of oil per dayBP tries to fill the well
with heavy drilling mud,
but it fails to contain the spillThe Deep Water Horizon Oil spill
is declared the worst
environmental disaster of the USABP places a cap on the spill
so that it can pipe oil and gas
to cleaning shipsBP announces a 17$bn
fund for victims of the spillA new containment system is
installed on the well, temporary sealing it.The costs of the oil spill
have risen to $3bnBP declares the well sealedThe well achieved a static condition
after filling the well with cement
and heavy drilling mudThe CEO of
BP steps down
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