Remember that “top kill” procedure BP was using to try and stop the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico? Nice try, but FAIL. A BP exec said today that the effort to contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history was unsuccessful and the company is now ready to consider other options for [...]

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It’s time for BP to move in for the kill, but will it be successful? The oil giant is preparing to try and “choke” the oil gusher at the bottom of the sea by shooting drilling mud and cement into the mess, a procedure dubbed a “top kill”.  This has been done successfully above ground [...]

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Well, that didn’t work. Officials attempting to lower a massive containment dome over a gushing underwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico had to back off that option Friday night when hydrates built up inside the container.  Hydrates are icelike crystals that are formed when gas combines with water. The dome has been placed [...]

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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is becoming more and more severe by the minute.  It all began with a massive oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010.  The rig sank about two days later, 40 miles off the Mississippi River delta. British Petroleum Agency (BP) PLC, which owns the oil rig operated [...]

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UPDATE: The Coast Guard is now burning off the oil from the spill in an attempt to minimize the damage to the environment. The Coast Guard is engaged in a search and rescue mission, looking for workers still missing after the MODU Deepwater Horizon, a deep-water oil drilling, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off [...]

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