Saturday, May 8, 2010

BP dealt setback in oil containment bid (AFP)

 

Oil washes onto the sides of a pollution containment chamber as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 lowers it into the water at the Deepwater Horizon site on May 6, on the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. BP said Saturday it moved a huge dome seen as the best hope of capping a massive US oil spill away from the leak site on the sea floor due to ice crystal formations.(AFP/USCG/File)AFP - BP was dealt a setback Saturday to capping a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after a containment dome encountered flammable hydrate formations as it was lowered onto the leak site.

BP dealt setback in oil containment bid (AFP)
Sat, 08 May 2010 20:34:15 GMT

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