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When did the 2010 BP Gulf oil spill occur?

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April 20, 2010: BP Deepwater Horizon (Macondo Blowout) Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

The BP oil spill was initiated by a methane leak which ignited and exploded on the oil rig.

The valve gave out on April 20th, 2010 but the oil rig ship sank two days later (April 22nd, 2010).

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