Louisiana churchgoers somber after BP fails to plug Gulf oil spill
Gerald Herbert / The Associated PressOil absorbent material boom and oil on Elmer’s Island in Grand Isle last week.The reality that the Gulf oil leak could keep flowing for months was setting in Sunday for some somber churchgoers in Louisiana…. Read more on New Orleans Times-Picayune
BP’s top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak
BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press Writer BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but said it’s readying yet another approach to fight the spill after a series of failures. Read more on Spartanburg Herald-Journal
BP: top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil well with mud; another approach being readied
ROBERT, La. – BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but said it’s Read more on Canadian Business
Attempt to plug BP oil well fails
(CNN) — BP’s “top kill” attempt to stop the flow of oil from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico failed, the company’s chief operating officer said Saturday. Read more on KAJ Flathead
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A nation mesmerized: Can BP plug the Gulf gusher?
COVINGTON, La. — As the nation remained transfixed by a busted oil well spewing millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, BP said Saturday that its latest bid to plug the worst oil spill in U.S. history still hadn’t worked and scientists suggested any progress was incremental at best. Read more on Mobile Press-Register
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) Video Rating: 4 / 5
BP Resumes Work to Plug Oil Leak After Facing Setback
CLIFFORD KRAUSS and JOHN M. BRODER BP resumed pumping drilling fluid into a stricken oil well after stopping late Wednesday when engineers saw that too much of the fluid was escaping along with the leaking crude oil. Read more on The Tuscaloosa News
BP CEO: Effort to plug oil spill going as planned
BP CEO Tony Hayward says the process of pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well is going according to plan and it will be at least a day before the company knows if it has been successful. Read more on San Diego Union-Tribune
BP: Effort to plug Gulf oil spill going as planned
BP is pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well and says everything is going as planned. Read more on 3news
Risky new attempt to plug oil spill as US anger mounts
WASHINGTON: BP was expected to begin its latest attempt to plug its haemorrhaging Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico last night Sydney time. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald
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