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BP making progress on Gulf of Mexico oil spill containment
A specially designed tool was plugged into the sunken oil rig Deepwater Horizon’s wellhead at a depth of 5,000 feet Sunday morning, and has begun siphoning oil and gas up to a tanker on the surface. Sen. Mark Begich says residents of the Gulf Coast have had more time to prepare for incoming oil than Alaskans did during the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.
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Another setback for oil spill containment as tube gets pulled out
BP inserted a mile-long tube into its damaged pipe late Saturday night aimed at capturing much of the oil gushing from a well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but it got yanked out as a line from a Remotely-Operated Vehicle got entangled with the tube’s line to the surface, according to sourc… Oil spill – Environment – Business – Gulf of Mexico – Energy

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Illustrates the intended use of the Top Hat containment dome developed to cap one of the underwater oil leaks. Top Hat dome is lowered to the ocean floor to cap the leaking riser. Methanol and warm water pumped into the Top Hat chamber to prevent the formation of ice-like crystals called hydrates which hampered the larger cofferdam chamber. Oil funneled to waiting ship. Source: bp.com Source photos: bp.com

Oil Spill Alarm Rises After Containment Dome Setback
ROBERT, La., May 10 (Reuters) – BP Plc engineers on Sunday desperately explored options to control oil gushing from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well after a setback with a huge containment dome fueled fears of a prolonged and growing environmental disaster.

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Containment dome to arrive at Gulf oil spill location today
The huge containment dome, designed to capture crude oil coming up from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, is scheduled to arrive at the oil spill location today.

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Gulf oil spill containment box unusable while icy blockage remains
‘We did anticipate having a problem, but not this significant,’ BP executive says

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Gulf Winds Turn on BP as Oil Containment Plan Snarls BusinessWeek (Updates forecast in second paragraph. For more on the Gulf of Mexico spill, see {EXT4 }.) By Edward Klump, Mark Chediak and Aaron Kuriloff May 10 … and more »

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BP Plans to Lower Containment Dome to Seafloor Today (Update4)
BP Plc, battling an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, plans to lower a containment dome to the seabed today to collect crude spewing from a damaged well as the slick threatened to slow shipping at the largest U.S. commodity port.

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