Monday, July 12, 2010

Gulf Hope

Tighter cap on, now testing can begin | Deepwater Horizon | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "BP technicians used robotic hands on Monday to place a new, 150,000-pound sealing valve on top of the blown out Macondo well, with the aim of shutting in the well and ending the Gulf oil spill.

Like BP's other struggles to wrestle down the wild well, this effort, though proceeding as planned, is no sure bet. It will depend on whether and how badly the well casing was damaged by the deadly surge of oil and gas in the April 20 blowout that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and triggered the spill..."

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