BP successfully cut off fractured pipe by Magdalena Rosova

BP has finally cut off a fractured oil pipe. In last attempt a robotic diamond-blade saw got stuck. Oil spilled into Gulf of Mexico six weeks ago and now is heading towards the Florida's beaches. BP used giant shears to slice off the pipe. President Barack Obama has announced his already third trip to the affected region. After the saw got stuck in the pipe, BP had to come up with something more rougher to cut the pipe off. Admiral Thad Allen told that shears they had used did not have as clean cut as a diamond-blade saw, but at least they had a cut now. Allen is overseeing the response of the US government to the oil spill, finds the cut as a “significant step forwar! d.” Next step will be to find the best way how to place a containment cap over the cut and stop spew of oil into the ocean. The leak in Gulf of Mexico is the worst in US history and BP has not been successful in containing the leak yet. The BP's rig exploded April 20 and immediately sank 1,600 meters down on the sea bed. Workers trying to stop the flow of oil are using special robotic submarines. The leak is on its way to beaches of Florida, new areas of fishing were closed on Thursday. The US government estimates 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil pour into the Gulf every day. This number will probably grow, BP's officer Doug Suttles thinks that until the cap was in place, the oil flow would increase by 20 percent.

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