top kill
28.05.2010
More than 24 hours into its crucial "top kill" plan, London-based BP said on Thursday it was still too early to access the success or failure of its best short-term hope of plugging a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.
When it began the operation to pump thousands of barrels of heavy drilling mud down the well on Wednesday, it said results could be clear in 24 hours. On Thursday, an executive who has overseen the plug efforts for weeks said it would be another day or more.
more26.05.2010
BP began critical testing on Tuesday of its "top kill" plan to plug the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well while President Barack Obama vented frustration over the energy giant's inability to contain what is likely the largest
U.S. oil spill ever.
Five weeks into an environmental disaster with no end in sight, Obama has told aides to "plug the damn hole" and plans to make his second visit to the Louisiana Gulf coast on Friday.
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