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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill/leak, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) is an industrial disaster that began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8% to 31% larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (July 2010)
Following is a timeline of the "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill for July 2010 .
July 1–5.
- July 1
- Total estimated discharge since the start reaches – topping Ixtoc I oil spill that was the previous biggest in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Senate Republicans agree to lift secret hold that Jim DeMint placed to block legislation giving subpoena powers to the National Commission on the BP "Deepwater" Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Wesley Denton