ximmy
28th May 2010, 02:20 PM
HOUSTON — BP’s renewed efforts at plugging the flow of oil from its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico stalled again on Friday, as the company suspended pumping operations for the second time in two days, according to a technician involved with the response effort.
In an operation known as a “junk shot,†BP engineers poured pieces of rubber, golf balls and other materials into the crippled blowout preventer, trying to clog the device that sits atop the wellhead. The maneuver was designed to work in conjunction with the continuing “top kill†operation, in which heavy drilling liquids are pumped into the well to counteract the pressure of the gushing oil.
Live feed:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/bp-oil-spill-live-feed-vi_n_590635.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/us/29spill.html?pagewanted=1&hp
In an operation known as a “junk shot,†BP engineers poured pieces of rubber, golf balls and other materials into the crippled blowout preventer, trying to clog the device that sits atop the wellhead. The maneuver was designed to work in conjunction with the continuing “top kill†operation, in which heavy drilling liquids are pumped into the well to counteract the pressure of the gushing oil.
Live feed:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/bp-oil-spill-live-feed-vi_n_590635.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/us/29spill.html?pagewanted=1&hp