After days of preparation, BP’s effort to replace the loose-fitting cap that has been collecting oil for the last few weeks with a sealing cap appears to have gone successfully. On Monday evening, the cap was installed over the gushing well, raising hopes that the company will be able to either seal off the well entirely, ending the leak, or at least to contain all of the flow over the next few weeks by sending it upward to several surface collection vessels.
For more information, see http://www.newsweekparentsguide.com/2010/07/12/ending-the-spill-finally.html?from=rss
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