BP in final tests as it mulls ‘top kill’ for US leak 0
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: Top Kill Operation – Animated – May 26, 2010 0
Animation showing the Top Kill process designed to stop the flow of oil from the well. Heavy “kill mud” is pumped down a drill pipe, then through hoses that go through the manifold on the seafloor. The mud then moves through another set of hoses attached to the Deepwater Horizon blow-out preventer’s choke and kill lines, then into the well.
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Unified Area Command to hold top kill press briefing in Robert, La 0
Deepwater Horizon / BP – Top Kill Animation (v2) 0
Animated footage of the “top kill” procedure which BP will perform at the Deepwater Horizon site in an effort to stop the leak. Find out more by visiting http://deepwaterhorizonresponse.com.
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Deepwater Horizon: Blow out preventer modification for Top Kill (VIDEO) 0
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Deepwater Horizon: Blow out preventer modification for Top Kill (VIDEO)
This video from the US Coast Guard shows blow out preventer modification for the Top Kill procedure.
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BP says ‘top kill’ unlikely before Tuesday in Gulf oil spill 0
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 0
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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