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1.0 Apr 20 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion BP well BP's Deepwater Horizon platform explodes, killing 11 workers while starting the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The platform burned for several days and sank into the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles southeast of Louisiana P Various
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2.0 Apr 23 2010 18:00:00 Coast Guard ends rescue attempt Coast Guard well Coast Guard ended the search for the missing oilmen, P NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24spill.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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3.0 Apr 24 2010 Leaking oil discovered Coast Guard well The Coast Guard, using a robotic device at the sea floor, discovers that oil is leaking from the well, a development that it called a "game-changer." It estimated about 1,000 barrels a day leaking from the well. P NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/us/25rig.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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4.0 Apr 28 2010 Leak estimate raised by 5 times to 5,000 Coast Guard,NOAA well In a hastily called news conference, Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry of the Coast Guard said a scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had concluded that oil is leaking at the rate of 5,000 barrels a day, not 1,000 as had been estimated". - NYT NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29spill.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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6.0 May 1 2010 White House Correspondents' Dinner Obama Obama goes to the WHCD before heading to the Gulf P NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/02gulf.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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7.0 May 2 2010 Obama visits the Gulf Coast Obama cleanup P NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/02gulf.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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8.0 Apr 29 2010 Government steps up response DHS,Obama cleanup Obama pledges "every resource" to respond to the fill as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano calls the event "a spill of national significance," which gives her the option of calling in the Defense Department Obama also says that BP is responsible for the cleanup P NYT, Reuters
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9.0 Apr 30 2010 First indication spill could be much larger NOAA well Mobile Press Register reports on a NOAA document that says the spill could be "an order of magnitude" bigger than the 5,000 barrels / day estimate N NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/02gulf.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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10.0 Aug 1 1990 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 Congress cleanup A post-Exxon Valdez law now holds the owner of a rig or vessel responsible for the cleanup N NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/02gulf.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010 Approximate date
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12.0 Apr 29 2010 Louisiana declares state of emergency Jindhal environment
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13.0 May 2 2010 Aug 31 2010 BP drills relief well BP well BP begins drilling a relief well in a process that is expected to end in late August. N Various
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14.0 May 6 2010 First oil washes ashore environment "The first oil washes ashore at Chandaleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an uninhabited barrier island " Y Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0322326220100603
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15.0 May 7 2010 Containment dome fails BP well "The containment dome attempted by BP fails because it gets clogged by frozen hydrocarbons " N Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0322326220100603
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16.0 May 3 2010 Fishing ban begins NOAA environment Fishing ban declared for at least 10 days. It was later expanded and extended N Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0322326220100603
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17.0 May 11 2010 May 12 2010 Congress grills oil executives BP,Halliburton,TransOcean,Congress regulation Senate Energy Committee calls oil executives from BP, TransOcean (the operator of the rig) and Halliburton (which created the blowout preventer) into Washington. Sen. Bingham calls the spill a "cascade of errors". P Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0322326220100603
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18.0 May 24 2010 May 28 2010 15:45:00 BP attempts "top kill" to shut off flow BP well Part of the well is shut off using the "top kill"method. The gush is reduced to about
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19.0 May 5 2010 BP acknowledges much bigger spill BP well BP tells Congress that the spill might be 60,000 barrels a day, not the 5,000 that it had previously said P NYT http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E2DE143EF936A35756C0A9669D8B63&ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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20.0 May 6 2010 MMS questions new drilling in Alaska MMS,Shell Oil regulation Interior official S. Elizabeth Birnbaum asks Shell Oil to provide more details on disaster prevention at a new project in Alaska P NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08alaska.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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21.0 2004 Investigators warnings on blowout preventers regulation N NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08agency.html?ref=gulf_of_mexico_2010
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22.0 Sep 14 2009 BP and others resist stricter regulation BP regulation BP said that "extensive, prescriptive" regulations were not necessary to prevent disasters P NYT http://www.boemre.gov/federalregister/PublicComments/AD15SafetyEnvMgmtSysforOCSOilGasOperations/BPAmerica9-14-09.pdf
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23.0 Jun 17 2009 MMS proposes stricter safety rules MMS regulation MMS proposes a new "safety and emergency management system" in the Federal Register (referenced in BP's comments) P BP http://www.boemre.gov/federalregister/PublicComments/AD15SafetyEnvMgmtSysforOCSOilGasOperations/BPAmerica9-14-09.pdf
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24.0 May 11 2010 Interior proposes breaking up MMS Salazar regulation Interior secretary Ken Salazar said he would split MMS into one environmental and safetey group and a separate office for leasing and revenue collection N
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25.0 May 30 2010 BP says "top kill" failed BP well BP acknowledges that its "top kill" method failed to stem the gusher, and said it would move on to other methods N LA Times http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/30/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100530
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26.0 Apr 28 2010 Obama visits the Gulf Coast Obama well In a visit to the Gulf, Obama says that there will be many false starts and no one knows how to fix the well N NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/us/29spill.html
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27.0 Dec 1 1998 Feb 28 2001 Deepwater well built in S. Korea well Deepwater Horizon rig is built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard, at a cost of $560 million N Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/29/bp-oil-spill-timeline-deepwater-horizon Approximate date
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28.0 Apr 27 2010 BP announces profit increases BP BP posts record profit because of rising oil prices N Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/29/bp-oil-spill-timeline-deepwater-horizon
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29.0 May 4 2010 BP executives in closed Congressional meeting BP,Congress politics Senate wants to increase liability for spills from $75 million to $10 billion as BP executives go to a closed meeting. Obama agrees N Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/29/bp-oil-spill-timeline-deepwater-horizon
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30.0 May 5 2010 May 24 2010 White House begins publishing daily response Obama politics The White House first publishes an extensive timeline of all administration responses, which it updated throughout May. P White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/05/ongoing-administration-wide-response-deepwater-bp-oil-spill
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31.0 May 13 2010 NYT reports on MMS vs. EPA permits MMS regulation The New York Times reports that the MMS overruled warnings from EPA to give BP and others permits without required environmental studies N NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/us/14agency.html
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32.0 May 18 2010 Obama announces commission to investigate Obama regulation,politics N Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/29/bp-oil-spill-timeline-deepwater-horizon
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33.0 May 30 2010 I would like my life back BP politics Tony Hayward tells reporters " There is no one who wants this over more than I do. I would like my life back" N Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/29/bp-oil-spill-timeline-deepwater-horizon
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34.0 Jun 3 2010 BP goes through with dividends BP politics BP says it will go ahead with a $10 billion shareholder payout in dividends, setting off British-US tensions N Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/29/bp-oil-spill-timeline-deepwater-horizon
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35.0 Jun 16 2010 BP agrees to escrow account of $20 billion BP,Obama politics,claims BP agrees to set aside $20 billion to be distributed independently as a down payment on victim compensation
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36.0 Jun 17 2010 Tony Hayward in Congress BP,Congress politics Bart Stupak and others accuse Hayward of "stonewalling" their investigation.
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37.0 Jun 20 2010 Hayward attends boat race BP politics
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38.0 Jun 22 2010 Control of BP response given to Bob Dudley BP politics BP replaces Hayward with American Bob Dudley for the response activities. Hayward stays out of sight
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39.0 Jun 30 2010 Hurricane Alex cleanup,well Cleanup and drilling activity stalled as Alex creates dangerous waters.
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40.0 May 27 2010 Jul 9 2010 Drilling moratorium in Gulf Salazar regulation Interior imposes a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf, but an appeals court later overturns it.
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41.0 Jul 12 2010 Nov 30 2010 New drilling moratorium Salazar regulations Interior said it could end sooner if the concerns are met.
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