Thursday, June 10, 2010

Engineers "Trying Anything" to Stop Oil Spill - CBS News

<cite>Engineers "Trying Anything" to Stop Oil Spill - CBS News</cite>: "
BP engineers, casting about after an ice buildup thwarted their plan to siphon off most of the leak using a 100-ton containment box, pushed ahead with other potential short-term solutions, including using a smaller box and injecting the leak with junk to plug it. However, none of these has been tried so deep � about a mile down. Workers were simultaneously drilling a relief well, the solution considered most permanent, but that was to take up to three months.
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