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Some oil spill events from Wednesday, May 26, 2010
26, Day 35 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with the April 20 explosion and fire on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at a rate of at least 210,000 gallons per day.TOP KILLBP on Wednesday

Efforts on to plug oil spill, 'no guarantees'

Robert, Louisiana: BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has

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BP begins 'top kill' method to try to plug gusher

BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a maneuver known as a "top kill" that has never before been tried

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: What is being done
Day 34 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with the April 20 explosion and fire on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of

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BP engineers draw up plans for 'top kill'

BP is going in for the kill. The trick is to do the job quickly and cleanly.

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Golf balls, tires may be needed to plug Gulf leak
BP might wind up shooting junk of all shapes and sizes to plug the nooks and crannies in a giant piece of machinery that's allowing some of the oil to escape into the Gulf of Mexico.

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