Eight hours into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill "top kill" operation, a BP official said Wednesday
night that it was too soon to tell if it would work. BP Chief Operating
Officer Doug Suttles said he expected to know if the plan was working
within 24 hours. “Top kill,” which has been described as one of the most elaborately
staged and far-reaching maneuvers to stop oil from gushing into the Gulf
of Mexico, was put into action at 2 p.m. Eastern time.
Engineering expert Manhar Dhanak of the Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering in Boca Raton, Fla., was concerned about the state of the blowout preventer. If it is damaged, the rate of oil could greatly increase. “Rather than helping, it could create more problems,” Mr. Dhanak says.
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Engineering expert Manhar Dhanak of the Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering in Boca Raton, Fla., was concerned about the state of the blowout preventer. If it is damaged, the rate of oil could greatly increase. “Rather than helping, it could create more problems,” Mr. Dhanak says.
For more, see csmonitor.com.
