BP oil spill: the official Deepwater Horizon disaster timeline

BP's report into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion has exposed deep failings in the company's operation, categorising eight key failings . BP admitted today its managers on the Deepwater Horizon missed key warning signs in the hours before the explosion aboard the oil rig, but an internal investigation put much of the blame on other companies involved in the well. A 234-page report described eight main causes for the blast, which killed 11 men and created an environmental disaster. But BP was accused of attempting to pass on the blame for its conclusion that Transocean, the rig owner, and Halliburton, which carried out cement work, shared much of the responsibility. But the full report also contained - within the detailed analysis of the operation - a comprehensive, minute-by-minute timeline of every event, as it happened. BP have also produced a graphic video animation . The report contains a lot of data, including: • Dates • Times • Pressure readings • Events It's a fascinating insight into the events on the rig - you can find the key moments before the explosion - in which 11 crew members died - at around 21:49 on April 20. We've visualised this in today's Guardian already - and there's an interactive version too. What can you do with the information? Download the data • DATA: download the full spreadsheet World government data • Search the world's government with our gateway Can you do something with this data? Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group or mail us at [email protected] • Get the A-Z of data • More at the Datastore directory • Follow us on Twitter