Gulf oil spill cleanup and response (41 images)

Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in a process known as flaring in the Gulf of Mexico on May 16, 2010. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe. UPI/Patrick Kelley/USCG

Dr. Erica Miller, a member of the Louisiana State Wildlife Response Team, cleanses a pelican of oil at the Clean Gulf Associates Mobile Wildlife Rehabilitation Station on Ft. Jackson in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on May 15, 2010. The station stood up to provide support for animals that are affected as a result of the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. UPI/Justin Stumberg/US Navy

The mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Development Driller II (near) is prepared to drill a relief well at the Deepwater Horizon site on May 18, 2010, as the MODU Q4000 holds position directly over the damaged blowout preventer in the Gulf of Mexico. While the drillship Discover Enterprise (far) continues to capture oil from the ruptured riser, preparations for the possible utilization of a "junk shot" or the "top kill" method are being made aboard the Q4000. UPI/Patrick Kelley/USCG

Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in a process known as flaring in the Gulf of Mexico on May 16, 2010. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe. UPI/Patrick Kelley/USCG

Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in a process known as flaring in the Gulf of Mexico on May 16, 2010. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe. UPI/Patrick Kelley/USCG

Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise in a process known as flaring in the Gulf of Mexico on May 16, 2010. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe. UPI/Patrick Kelley/USCG