BP seats cap on blown-out Gulf well as oil still spews; Obama to make 3rd trip to La. coast
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Clifford Armion
le 06/04/2010
Activer le mode zenGreg Bluestein
"GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) A cap was seated atop a blown-out Gulf well but the volcano of oil obscured it from view early Friday making it impossible to tell if BP's latest attempt to curtail the nation's worst spill was having any success. "Robots a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico positioned the inverted funnel-like lid over the main pipe on the leaking well on Thursday night. Live video footage, though, showed that the oil seemed unimpeded. BP spokesman Toby Odone said he had no immediate information on whether the cap was successfully attached. "The placement was a positive step but not a solution, said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man for the disaster." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
"BP seats cap on blown-out Gulf well as oil still spews; Obama to make 3rd trip to La. coast", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), avril 2010. Consulté le 19/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/bp-seats-cap-on-blown-out-gulf-well-as-oil-still-spews-obama-to-make-3rd-trip-to-la-coast