BP tests new device to cap US oil leak

BP is preparing to test the new containment device it has lowered on to the leaking oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

The British energy giant expects to know within the next two days if its latest effort to stop the gushing oil will be successful.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from New Orleans. (July 14, 2010)

Nuclear Device Only Option to Stop Oil Leak Says Simmons founder of the Ocean Energy Institute

Bloomberg — Matthew Simmons, founder of the Ocean Energy Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about BP Plc's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and his view that the use of a "small-bore nuclear device" is now the "only option" to stop the flow of oil.

Oil Leak The Greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of the United States

Oil Leak Estimate Dead Wrong; View Live Feed

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