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BP to ‘move on’ after failed ‘top kill’ attempts
BP will “move on to the next option” after several attempts to stuff solid material and pump mud into a breached Gulf of Mexico oil well failed to stop the flow, according to a BP spokesman.
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‘Top kill’ method suffers setback in Gulf
The mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 sits directly above the damaged Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer while crews attempt a technique known as “top kill,” to try and plug the wellhead on Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico.
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After five weeks of failing to plug a well spewing oil in the Gulf of Mexico, British oil giant BP has launched its latest attempt, pumping mud to try to smother the gusher — the so-called “top kill” method. The governor of the US state of Louisiana says more than 160km of the state’s fragile coastland has already been affected by the millions of litres of oil that have gushed out in the last five weeks. Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports from Venice, Louisiana. (May 27, 2010)
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‘Top kill’ to last 24 more hours
ROBERT (Louisiana) – BP’S ‘top kill’ to cap the Gulf of Mexico oil leak will last at least another 24 hours, a BP official said late on Thursday. ‘I should stress… that this operation continues,’ BP’s chief operating officer Doug Suttles told a press conference referring to a risky bid to try to cap the leak spewing from the Deepwater Horizon well.
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BP attempts ‘top kill’ to plug devastating oil leak
Energy giant BP began a high-stakes operation Wednesday to plug a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, shooting heavy drilling fluid known as “mud” into a stack of damaged pipes on the sea floor in the hope of sealing a leak that has been gushing crude for 37 days.
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BP in final tests as it mulls ‘top kill’ for US leak
BP carried out final tests Wednesday to see whether to press ahead with a risky deepwater bid to cap the Gulf of Mexico leak, saying a decision would come later in the day.
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BP says ‘top kill’ unlikely before Tuesday in Gulf oil spill
AP Photo/Charlie RiedelShrimp boats carrying oil collection booms are documented by camera crews, right, as they anchor for the night in Gulf of Mexico off Mississippi River delta south of Venice on Thursday. ROBERT — BP now says it will…
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BP says ‘top kill’ unlikely before Tuesday
ROBERT, La. — BP now says it will likely be at least Tuesday before engineers can shoot heavy mud into a blown-out well spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Three ultra-deepwater rigs and other equipment are at the site where the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20. They’re preparing for a delicate procedure called a “top kill” that BP hopes will stop the flow of oil from the well …
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BP hopes ‘top kill’ to stop oil can start Sunday
BP said Wednesday it hopes to begin shooting a mixture known as drilling mud into the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico early next week. Engineers hope to start the procedure known as a “top kill” by Sunday. It could take several weeks to complete, but if it works it should stop the oil that’s been gushing since the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded off the coast of Louisiana …
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