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| BP box reaches Gulf oil leak site |
| A ship carrying a giant metal containment box has arrived at the site where a sunken oil rig has been leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 6-May-2010
10:7:8 AM |
| Oil giant BP says it is hopeful the 90-tonne device will help to contain the oil and funnel it to a tanker.
The US is to carry out a controlled burn of some of the leaked oil to stop it from getting closer to the shore.
The spill was set off by an explosion that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon rig off Louisiana last month.
Eleven rig workers died in the explosion, and the ensuing oil leak has since been threatening several southern US states.
US authorities were on Thursday investigating reports that the oil spill had reached the Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana's coast.
Complicated operation
Remote-controlled submarines will now be used to lower the containment device over the leak.
The operation to fix the massive funnel in place is expected to take two days, and a further two days will be required to connect it to a ship above via a drill-pipe.
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