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BP estimated the flow could be as much as 100,000 barrels

Jun 20, 2010 12:00 PM

On June 20 an internal BP document was released by Congress revealing that BP estimated the flow could be as much as 100,000 barrels (4,200,000 US gallons; 16,000 cubic meters) per day

Joe Barton apologizes to BP, and then apologizes for apologizing

Jun 17, 2010 12:00 PM

Addressing BP chief executive Tony Hayward, the ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), said, "I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterda...

Obama's fourth visit to the Gulf Region

Jun 14, 2010 12:00 PM

June 14, 2010. Obama visits the Gulf region for the fourth time. Obama portrays his trip through Mississippi, Alabama and Florida as vital preparation for Tuesday night's address and for Wednesday'...

average flow rate was likely between 25,000 and 30,000 barrels

Jun 10, 2010 12:00 PM

On June 10, based on additional video, members of the Flow Rate Technical Group calculated updated estimates for the period prior to the cutting of the riser pipe and the insertion of the Riser Ins...

New Containment Cap

Jun 4, 2010 12:00 PM

On June 4, a cap placed over the upper portion of the leaking well starts funneling some oil and gas to a surface ship, though oil continues to billow from under the lip and through four open vents...

Harry Reid Directs Committes to develop Ideas for Climate Legislation

Jun 3, 2010 12:00 PM

One day after Obama’s riveting speech at Carnegie Mellow University Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid directed the chairs of six Senate committees to develop ideas for legislation “to kick the oil ...

A new operation to cap the well

May 31, 2010 12:00 PM

On May 31, after the failure of the top kill operation, BP began a new operation to cap the well. The damaged pipe will be cut from the blowout preventer, and a dome will be lowered over it to catc...

Obama's Second Visit to the Gulf Region

May 28, 2010 12:00 PM

Friday, May 28, Obama makes a brief second trip to the Gulf of Mexico. President Barack Obama personally confronts the spreading damage wrought by the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico – and th...

Obama meets with Senate Republicans

May 25, 2010 12:00 PM

On Tuesday May 25, Obama meets with Senate Republicans and, according to a White House statement, told them “that the gulf oil disaster should heighten our sense of urgency to hasten the developmen...

the volume of oil flowing from the blown-out well at 12,000 to 19,000 barrels

May 24, 2010 12:00 PM

On May 24, U.S. Coast Guard Thad Allen, who was coordinating the government response to the BP oil spill, announced that the director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Marcia McNutt, i...

President Obama announced that the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would begin work on a joint rulemaking to reduce GHG emissions

May 21, 2010 12:00 PM

On May 21, 2010, President Obama announced that the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would begin work on a joint rulemaking to reduce GHG emiss...

Oil Slick Estimates

May 13, 2010 12:00 PM

May 13 - The size and shape of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico changes by the day, depending on weather and water conditions. This graphic shows the forecast for Friday, May 14, and Saturday, M...

BP tries a 100 ton-containment dome for a 5,000 barrel-per-day leak

May 7, 2010 12:00 PM

On May 7, a 100-ton containment dome, designed to cap a broken pipe and funnel the oil upward, is lowered onto the ocean floor. The oil leak at that time was estimated at 5,000 barrels a day into t...

President Obama first Visit to the the Gulf Coast Region since Oil Spill

May 2, 2010

May 02, 2010 — President Obama visited the Louisiana coast for a first-hand look at the widening oil spill disaster in the Gulf. Obama called it a “massive disaster.” See video report for more. ...

Environmental impact becomes evident as dead animals begin to wash up on the gulf shores

Apr 30, 2010 12:00 PM

An April 30 estimates placed the total spread of the oil at 3,850 square miles (10,000 km2). The spill quickly approaches the Delta National Wildlife Refuge and Breton National Wildlife Refuge, whe...