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An economic disaster looms

Oil threatens to obliterate billions of dollars for the region's fishing and tourism industries.

 

Nuclear Option For Plugging Oil Well Gains Support, But U.S. Not On Board

The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico: What about nuking the well?

Decades ago, the Soviet Union reportedly used nuclear blasts to successfully seal off runaway gas wells, inserting a bomb deep underground and letting its fiery heat melt the surrounding rock to shut off the flow. Why not try it here?

 

BP robots hit snag while sawing pipe - Coast Guard

BP robots hit snag while sawing pipe - Coast Guard

BP Plc (BP.L) has hit a snag in its attempt to saw through a riser pipe in a risky operation to funnel leaking oil from a blown-out Gulf of Mexico well to the surface, the top US official overseeing the cleanup effort said on ...

 

Below is a timeline of the spill and its impact:

Below is a timeline of the spill and its impact:

April 20, 2010 - Explosion and fire on Transocean Ltd's drilling rig Deepwater Horizon licensed to BP; 11 workers are killed. The rig was drilling in BP's Macondo project 42 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana, beneath about 5000 feet of water and ...

 

Obama to meet spill probe leaders as oil heads north

President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of a panel he created to probe the worst oil spill in U.S. history on Tuesday, as a giant slick from BP's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well poses a new threat to the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama.

 

BP Readies Next Oil Plug Attempt

BP Readies Next Oil Plug Attempt

Robot submarines carried equipment and cut small pipes at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday to prepare to place a new containment valve over the blown-out well this week, while BP crews began working on yet another containment plan that could be added after the cut-and-cap effort.

 

BP's top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak

BP's top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak

BP's attempt to plug the Gulf oil leak with mud and cement has failed, yet another setback in the company's attempt to stop the crude from further fouling waters, wildlife and marshland.

 

Gulf of Mexico oil spill now worst in U.S. history

As crews pump mud in "top kill" maneuver, scientists increase estimate of oil flow; Minerals Management Service director leaves her job.

 

Obama to keep drilling moratorium for 6 months: aide

Obama to keep drilling moratorium for 6 months: aide

President Barack Obama will announce on Thursday that a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling will continue for six months while a commission studies the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico spill, a White House aide said.

 

BP readies 'top kill' in attempt to plug gulf spill

Engineers prepare 50,000 pounds of mud and a fleet of robotic subs in first maneuver to outright stop the flow of leaking oil a mile below surface.

 

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