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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 11:45 AM
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BP mum on latest oil containment effort
Source: Reuters

PORT FOURCHON, LA.—British energy giant BP declined to say Saturday whether its latest effort to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill worked, as BP’s chief executive appeared to dismiss the disaster as “tiny.” ...

With crude oil gushing unchecked from its blown-out offshore well a mile deep on the floor of the Gulf, London-based BP said on Friday that it was attempting to guide undersea robots to insert a small tube into the 21-inch pipe to funnel the oil to a ship at the surface.


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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 12:49 PM
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1. Because they failed. Again.
And they're still not being forthcoming about it. :argh:
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gimama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 02:50 PM
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2. kick. crap :(
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CLANG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 03:38 PM
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3. I think they are out of ideas now... except maybe for the big KABOOM!
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