23 May 2011 - North Atlantic Ocean. The Greenpeace ships Esperanza and Arctic Sunrise intercept the Leiv Eiriksson drill rig in the north Atlantic en route to Greenland. Greenpeace have been involved in a week-long hunt for the 53,000 tonne Leiv...

18 May - USA. Aerial view of ship funneling some of the leaking oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead and flaring the collected gas.

18 May - USA. Oil sits o the bank of the the breakwater in the mouth of the Mississippi River where it meets the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

06 May - USA. Two fishing vessels drag an oil boom after trapped oil is set ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico May 6. The U.S. Coast Guard is working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies are conducting "in situ burning".

08 May - USA. A Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) recovers at the center that was set up by the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fort Jackson to clean birds affected by oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead.

21 April - USA. Taken by the US coast guard, a view of fire boat response crews as they battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. Find out more .

21 April. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors.

27 May - Oil Platform Fire The Mississippi Delta is at image center, and the oil slick is a silvery swirl to the right.

29 April - A clean up boat lays out oil booms along Port East in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana.