Gulf oil spill reaches Freemason Island as BP prepares to lower giant funnel |
| The Guardian - May 6, 2010 |
A giant steel and concrete box seen as the best chance of stopping the BP spill arrived at the scene in the Gulf of Mexico today, as authorities confirmed for the first time that oil had made landfall on an island wildlife preserve.
Over the next few days cranes will attempt to lower the contraption 1,500 metres to the ocean floor and position it over a leaking pipe that has been gushing 210,000 gallons of crude a day into the Gulf.
If all goes accord to plan, the four-storey, 100-tonne box will serve as a giant funnel, collecting the oil and piping it to a ship.
BP officials have said repeatedly that the plan for capturing and redirecting the oil is exceedingly complex, and has never before been attempted at such depths. "You have 100 tonnes of steel. You have to stop, reposition, and stabilise these storts of things. I don't think it's a fast process," said John Curry, a company spokesman.
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- Posted: 2010-05-06 14:05:49
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