April 20th an
explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil Rig Kills 11 workers
5,000 feet beneath the surface of the gulf of Mexico Crude oil spews from a well 13,000 feet under the seabed
According to government and Bp estimates. It's leaking 42,000 gallons a day
April 22nd the 560 million Dollar [Rigs] sinks observers spot a five mile long oil slick
Bp applies 1,900 gallons of an oil dispersant to mitigate the growing slick that makes the oil break up and sink below the surface
April 25th Bp. Uses robots to activate a blowout preventer
But because the blowout preventer is damaged and it's too difficult at 5,000 feet for robots to do that work the operation fails
April 28th the coast guard begins controlled fires to burn off the oil from the surface in an attempt to slow the spread of a
Slick BP continues to Apply Chemical dispersants on the surface
The government revises the Leak estimates two hundred and ten thousand gallons a day
[may] second
Bp begins work on two relief wells scheduled for completion by august
[may] fifth Bp [tows] a 98 [tonne] a containment chamber to the site of the leak
may 6th the oil Slick reaches the shores of the chandeleur islands
May 7th Bp
Lowers a containment dome to the floor of the ocean [it]
places it on top of the leaky riser pipes hoping to capture the oil and gas and pump it to the surface [a]
slush of frozen oil and sediment clogs the domes in take the effort fails
May 14th BP. Constructs a pipe
It's a mile long at one end the leak at the other a tanker on the surface collects the oil it works
Collecting 84 thousand gallons a day barely making a dent
may 26th Top kill and Jump shot
Bp. Drops mud shredded tires and rubber balls into the leak to stem the flow and seal it with cement
may 29 and Jumpshot [failed] the oil breaks through unabated
By some estimates up to a quarter of a million barrels of oil are floating on the surface of the gulf
Scientists [discovered] the eight hundred Thirty thousand gallons of dispersants sprayed throughout the gulf and at the wellhead have caused
massive clouds of beaded oil to hover at mid depths they further discover a six mile wide and
[tWenty-Two] mile Long Cloud of the beaded oil
Threatening a vital underwater rainforest the Desoto Canyon 20 miles northeast of a deepwater Horizon wreck site
may 27th scientists confirmed the spill is the worst in us history surpassing the exxon valdez with a leak rate between
[504] and
[798] thousand gallons a day and that's the estimate at the low end
[may] 31st Bp. Begins a new operation cut the riser pipe and seal it with a fitted dome
June first oil reaches the Barrier Islands off, Mississippi and Alabama
June [second] 88,000 square miles of Federal Fisheries are declared off-limits
June 3rd
Bp succeeds and shearing off one section of the riser, but a massive saw is stuck while making further needed cuts
June 4th
Bp successfully connects the containment cap to the shorn riser and begins pumping oil to tanker ships on the surface
June 7th BP. Claims 10,000 barrels a day are being captured and it's possible more than 100 million gallons of oil have spilled so far
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