The British Oil company BP will make another attempt to cap over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. It is expecting the new cap will significantly increase the amount of oil being captured from the sea-bed. However, while it is being replaced, oil will flow unimpeded into the sea.Coast Guard commander overseeing the response said BP's submersible robots will start removing the current containment cap from the ocean floor today. Admiral Thad Allen said the flow of leaking oil could be shut off by Monday. But in that time hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil could flow unabated into the ocean. BP is hopeful the new cap will enable it to capture almost all the escaping crude.
News On AIR | July 10, 2010 12:30 PM
BP makes another attempt to cap oil spill