BREAKING NEWS NY Times: BP Begins New Attempt to Seal Gushing Oil Well in Gulf

We sincerely hope this works. Since this top kill has never been tried under water, we will be anxious to see the results. Every thing has been in place for several days to start the procedure. This afternoon BP is going ahead with pumping the heavy fluids into the stack. It works on land, but now they will be able to determine if the procedure will also work under water which could be a something that if it works could be used in the future for any under water oil leaks.

BP has been at odds with the Administration for weeks on how much oil is coming out each day which is not surprising. Soon enough we will learn who was telling the truth about this whole disaster. Lessons Learned is going to be huge.

Breaking News Alert

The New York Times
Wed, May 26, 2010, 2:27 PM ET

BP Begins New Attempt to Seal Gushing Oil Well in Gulf
BP went ahead on Wednesday afternoon with its most ambitious-- and potentially most consequential -- effort to plug the mile-deep gusher of oil that has been streaming into the Gulfof Mexico for more than a month.

The procedure, known as a top kill, was begun at 1 p.m. Central time, the company said.

The procedure involves pumping thousands of pounds of heavy fluids into a five-story stack of pipes in an effort to clog the well and stop the torrent of oil. BP officials said the method of containing spills had never been tried so far underwater, and that it could take days to determine whether it had succeeded. They cautioned there was no guarantee that the gambit would work.

Tony Hayward, chief executive office of BP said, it would be"a day or two before we can have certainty that it's worked."

On the other hand, failure could become apparent withinminutes or hours, a technician involved in the proceduresaid.

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