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lördag, juli 10, 2010

Robots begin to remove cap from gushing oil well in gulf‏

Los Angeles Times

July 10, 2010
9:47 a.m.

The delicate work of removing and replacing a cap over the gushing oil well on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico began today, with robotic submarines hovering around the site.
The hope is to fit a tighter dome that will funnel more oil to collection ships on the surface a mile above. If all goes according to plan, the tandem of the tighter cap and the surface ships could keep all the oil from polluting the fragile gulf as soon as Monday.
It would be only a temporary solution to the catastrophe unleashed by a drilling rig explosion nearly 12 weeks ago. It won't plug the busted well and it remains uncertain that it will succeed.

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