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Gulf of Mexico accidents timeline

[also known as Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster]

Explosion and rescue efforts

APR 20, 2010
Fire and explosion aboard Deepwater Horizon and many employs were injured

Gulf of Mexico accident and Aftermath

APR 22, 2010 MAY 1, 2010
Admiral Thad Allen designated as NIC

Deepwater Horizon sank

(BBC 2010)

(Bp 2013)

(Guardian 2010) May 10, 2010

Crews build a sand berm to protect the island from the potential of oil washing onshore

APR 30, 2010 APR 21, 2010

115 of the 126 crew were recovered, 94 of the survivors were taken to shore Oil company profits of $4.bn dented by damages paid out for 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill

(BBC 2010)

(Guardian 2010)

(Bp 2013; Harry 2010)

April, 2010

May, 2010

APR 22, 2010

Deepwater Horizon sinks with over 700,000 gallons of diesel fuel aboard

APR 30, 2010

The discovery of a damaged wellhead leaking oil into the Gulf
(DOCUMENTINGREALITY, 2012)

May 15, 2010

Relationship with the Responsible Party ()e.g. Coast Guard) (Robertson and Krauss 2010)

MAY 31, 2010

The discovery of a damaged wellhead leaking oil into the Gulf

(The Daily Telegraph 2010; Jervis et al, 2010)

(Dermansky 2013)

APR 29, 2010 Incident declared a SONS (Bp 2013; Tangley 2010) APR 22-May 30, 2010
Continuous oil damage from APR 22May 30, 2010

(Bp 2010)

Oil spill and Declaration of the Accident

Complexity and the Way Forward

R E F E R E N C E S REFERENCES
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http://www.bp.com/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=47&contentId=7081352[a ccessed on 20-04-13] Crews build a sand berm to protect the island from the potential of oil washing onshore Documenting reality, (2010). gulf-mexico-oil-rig-accident-april-2010Available at:

http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f240/gulf-mexico-oil-rig-accidentapril-2010-74-photos-1-video-48106/ [accessed on 20-04-13] Dormancy, J (20 April 2013). "Three Years After the BP Spill, Tar Balls and Oil Sheen Blight Gulf Coast". The Atlantic. Retrieved 29 April 2013. Guardian, (2010) bp-oil-spill Available

at:http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bp-oil-spill[accessed on 20-04-13] Harry R. (19 September 2010). "Blown-out BP well finally killed at bottom of Gulf". Boston Globe. Associated Press. [Retrieved 20-04-13]. Jervis, Rick; Levin, Alan (27 May 2010). "Obama, in Gulf, pledges to push on stopping leak". USA Today. The Associated Press. [Retrieved on 20-04-13]. Oil company profits of $4.bn dented by damages paid out for 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill Robertson C and Krauss C. (2 August 2010). "Gulf Spill Is the Largest of Its Kind, Scientists Say". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). [Retrieved 20-04-13]. Siegel, Marc (17 June 2010). "The Psychological Toll of the Oil Spill". Salon. Retrieved 2010-06-24.

Tangley, L (30 April 2010). "Bird Habitats Threatened by Oil Spill". National Wildlife (National Wildlife Federation). Retrieved 2010-05-03. The Atlantic Wire. (2011) BP Mostly, But Not Entirely, to Blame for Gulf Spill National". 14 September 2011. Retrieved 20-04-13. The Daily Telegraph. (3 August 2010) BP leak the world's worst accidental oil spill".. Retrieved 2010-08-15.