BP will set about to exclude down the oil well that ’s been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico later today . Step one : the “ top - kill ” method , wherein heavy boring clay is thrust deep into the well . Let ’s beg it work out . Video account :
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If the attempt is successful and the well is shut down , the whole thing will then be for good sealed with concrete . If not — as in the typeface ofthe miscarry containment domeof two weeks ago — it ’s back to the drawing gameboard . And on with the devastation . [ NY Times , CNN ]
https://gizmodo.com/watch-an-undersea-robot-try-and-fail-to-end-the-gulf-5538316
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