Admiral Says BP Oil Pipe Is Cut, a Key Step in Halting Leak
Jun 3, 2010 – Campbell Robertson, Joseph Berger & Henry Fountain reported in The New York Times reported today: Delicately manipulating a 20-foot-long shear at depths of nearly a mile, technicians successfully snipped a key riser pipe on Thursday in their effort to contain the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from a stricken undersea well. They prepared to cap the severed pipe later in the day with a dome that they hoped would allow them to funnel the oil to tankers on the surface. See the full article in The New York Times.
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