BP suffers another setback in Gulf oil containment effort
-Semisubmersible Drilling Rig ‘Deepwater Horizon’-
Saturday, May 08, 2010
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-Semisubmersible Drilling Rig ‘Deepwater Horizon’-
Saturday, May 08, 2010
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BP suffered a setback on Saturday in an attempt to contain oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico with a huge metal dome when crystallized gas filled the structure, a blow to hopes of a quick, temporary solution to a growing environmental disaster... Word of the snag came as balls of tar appeared in waters off a popular Alabama island beach in what may be the first evidence of spilled oil washing into a populated area...
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BP suffers snag in Gulf oil containment effort
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BP suffers snag in Gulf oil containment effort
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Deep-sea Ice Crystals Stymie Oil Leak Fix
About following Video: A BP official says ice crystals have formed inside of the oil containment box that was placed over the massive oil leak. That's forced crews to move the box away to study the problem.
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Deep-sea Ice Crystals Stymie Oil Leak Fix
About following Video: A BP official says ice crystals have formed inside of the oil containment box that was placed over the massive oil leak. That's forced crews to move the box away to study the problem.
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This news video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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POST UPDATE: Sunday, May 09, 2010
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Crews planned Sunday to park the giant oil containment box on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, and offload equipment that could be used in a new attempt to stem the flow of gushing into the sea... The equipment to be offloaded from another vessel would use a tube to shoot mud and concrete directly into the well's blowout preventer, a process that could take two to three weeks. But BP PLC spokesman Mark Proegler said no decisions have been made on what step the company will take next... The company was considering several options, including the technique known as a "top kill," Proegler said...
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BP plans to park oil box; unload new equipment
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* CNN.com has this report posted up on their website this Sunday afternoon and it starts off like this... If using a massive dome to cover the source of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico doesn't work, crews are preparing for another option: clogging it... Engineers are examining whether they can close a failed blowout preventer by stuffing it with trash, said Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard. The 48-foot-tall, 450-ton device sits atop the well at the heart of the Gulf oil spill and is designed to stop leaks, but it has not been working properly since the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20 and later sank... "The next tactic is going to be something they call a junk shot," Allen told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "They'll take a bunch of debris -- shredded up tires, golf balls and things like that -- and under very high pressure, shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak."...
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Next step to stop oil: Throw garbage at it
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AubreyJ.........
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POST UPDATE: Sunday, May 09, 2010
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Crews planned Sunday to park the giant oil containment box on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, and offload equipment that could be used in a new attempt to stem the flow of gushing into the sea... The equipment to be offloaded from another vessel would use a tube to shoot mud and concrete directly into the well's blowout preventer, a process that could take two to three weeks. But BP PLC spokesman Mark Proegler said no decisions have been made on what step the company will take next... The company was considering several options, including the technique known as a "top kill," Proegler said...
Read the full report at link below...
BP plans to park oil box; unload new equipment
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* CNN.com has this report posted up on their website this Sunday afternoon and it starts off like this... If using a massive dome to cover the source of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico doesn't work, crews are preparing for another option: clogging it... Engineers are examining whether they can close a failed blowout preventer by stuffing it with trash, said Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard. The 48-foot-tall, 450-ton device sits atop the well at the heart of the Gulf oil spill and is designed to stop leaks, but it has not been working properly since the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20 and later sank... "The next tactic is going to be something they call a junk shot," Allen told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "They'll take a bunch of debris -- shredded up tires, golf balls and things like that -- and under very high pressure, shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak."...
Read the rest at link below...
Next step to stop oil: Throw garbage at it
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AubreyJ.........
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