BP, Gulf Coast States Cross Fingers as Containment Dome Is Deployed

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On April 20, 2010, a BP (BP) oil rig ruptured and toppled into the ocean, killing 11 crew members and initiating a massive oil spill. Now, BP engineers have deployed a 98-ton container with which they hope to contain the primary oil leak.

An estimated 210,000 gallons have poured into the gulf each day since the leak began. So far, efforts to stop the gushing oil have been unsuccessful. First, robots tried to shut the valves that control the oil flow. This did not work. So now this four-story metal "funnel" has been suspended just above the oil leak. Engineers hope to lower it onto the sea floor within days. Doing so requires pin-point precision, and they are battling darkness and high underwater pressure.

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