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apr 20, 2010 - The BP Gulf oil spill occurred

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The Gulf oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S. history. On April 20, 2010 the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

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apr 20, 2010
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~ 16 years ago

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