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The following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout).[1][2][3][4] It was a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest offshore spill in U.S. history.[5] It was a result of the well blowout that began with the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20, 2010.
- ^ "The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill" (press release). whitehouse.gov. May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010 – via National Archives.
- ^ White, Stephen (May 3, 2010). "BP's oil slickers; Bosses who earn millions claimed they could handle rig explosions". Daily Mirror. p. 14. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "BP 'army' battles Macondo flow". Upstream. May 10, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ "Interpreting NOAA's Trajectory Prediction Maps for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ "Gulf oil spill now largest offshore spill in U.S. history as BP continues plug effort". USA Today. May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.