US, BP see hope of capping oil spill soon
BP’s efforts to place a new containment cap over the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well could effectively stop the disastrous spill as early as Monday, a US official said. Read more on Brisbane Times
airboyd.tv Courtesy United States Coast Guard/Deepwater Horizon Response ROBERT, La. — Oil and gas stream from the riser of the Deepwater Horizon well May 11, 2010. This video is from the larger of two existing leaks on the riser. This leak is located approximately 460 feet from the top of the blowout preventer and rests on the sea floor at a depth of about 5000 feet.
airboyd.tv Courtesy USCG, Air Station New Orleans, CWO LM Bryant NEW ORLEANS – Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew.
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Join award-winning conservation biologist Dr Reese Halter live as MSNBCs morning anchor Tamron Hall asks about capping the BP oil well, one mile beneath the surface with a 134-ton rocket-shaped structure.