BP officials desperate to stem a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are considering stuffing the well with golf balls and tyres, it was revealed.
BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said the so-called "junk shot" of debris was one option after previous attempts to stem the flow failed.
A growing slick from the BP-leased rig is threatening an environmental disaster along US coasts.
Some 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) of oil a day are flowing into the sea.
Mr Suttles said it may be possible to stem the flow by blocking the well's failed blowout preventer.
"We have some pipe work on the blowout preventer, and if we can open certain valves on that we could inject basically just rubber and other type of material into [it] to plug it up, not much different to the way you might plug up a toilet," he said.
Admiral Thad Allen of the US Coast Guard said it could plug the main leak.
"They're going to take a bunch of debris, shredded up tyres, golf balls and things like that, and under very high pressure shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak," he told CBS television.
However, experts have warned that any further damage to the blowout preventer - a huge valve system meant to turn the oil off - could see it shooting out at 12 times the current rate.
The full story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8672181.stm
Well I Just hope it works and they can stop the oil
BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said the so-called "junk shot" of debris was one option after previous attempts to stem the flow failed.
A growing slick from the BP-leased rig is threatening an environmental disaster along US coasts.
Some 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) of oil a day are flowing into the sea.
Mr Suttles said it may be possible to stem the flow by blocking the well's failed blowout preventer.
"We have some pipe work on the blowout preventer, and if we can open certain valves on that we could inject basically just rubber and other type of material into [it] to plug it up, not much different to the way you might plug up a toilet," he said.
Admiral Thad Allen of the US Coast Guard said it could plug the main leak.
"They're going to take a bunch of debris, shredded up tyres, golf balls and things like that, and under very high pressure shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak," he told CBS television.
However, experts have warned that any further damage to the blowout preventer - a huge valve system meant to turn the oil off - could see it shooting out at 12 times the current rate.
The full story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8672181.stm
Well I Just hope it works and they can stop the oil
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