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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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Deepwater Horizon – May 25, 2010 -CNN-BP Won’t Show Top Kill

Deepwater Horizon – May 11, 2010 – CNN – Ken Salazar on BP, regulations and MMS
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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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Deepwater Horizon – May 25, 2010 Andrea Mitchell- Top Kill coming
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Deepwater Horizon – May 25, 2010 Sanchez- BP won’t show top kill on video
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GULF OF MEXICO – The mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 holds position directly over the damaged Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer as crews work to plug the wellhead using a technique known as “top kill,” May 26, 2010. The procedure is intended to stem the flow of oil and gas and ultimately kill the well by injecting heavy drilling fluids through the blow out preventer on the seabed, down into the well. A nearby vessel sprays sea water near the surface of Q4000 to keep oil and fumes from interfering with operations. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.
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Deepwater Horizon – May 24, 2010 -CNN-Thad Allen pitches Top Kill
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“Top Kill” gets green light to stop oil spill
The Coast Guard has given BP approval to try to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico by pumping heavy mud into the well, but there’s no word yet on when the attempt will start.
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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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