Since a containment cap wasn’t the final solution, BP’s making yet another attempt to plug the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf once and for all using a lot of mud and cement. You can watch the whole thing here.
The live stream above shows BP’s attempt to permanently stop the flow of oil by piling on a bunch of mud and cement over the gusher—a method also known as a static kill.
Let’s grab some popcorn and figure out what’ll go wrong this time. Another malfunctioning robot? More lightning strikes? An angry Kevin Costner? [Huffington Post]
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