James Cameron invited to give an opinion on how to contain Deepwater Horizon oil spill by Zuzana Zelenakova

Director James Cameron, known all over the world for his megalomaniac projects such as Titanic, Terminator and of course, the latest movie sensation Avatar was asked to take part in a discussion panel in Washington that was dealing with the question how to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. US officials called the Tuesday meeting a “part of the federal government´s ongoing efforts to hear from stakeholders, scientists and experts from academia, government and the private sector as we continue to respond to the BP oil spill.” The latest attempt by the energy company BP to shut the flow of crude oil from the underwater gusher failed. So called R! 20;top kill” effort involved pumping heavy mud into the well. The explosion on drilling platform Deepwater Horizon from April 20 that killed eleven platform workers has caused the worst oil spill in history of the United States. James Cameron who is not only director but also an accomplished inventor was invited to the session as he has gained quite a lot of underwater experience during his career, in particular during filming 1989 science fiction The Abbys and 1997 megahit Titanic. He helped to develop deep sea exploration equipment and other oceanographic technology for the purposes of exploring some of the most famous ship wrecks. Along with Cameron there were about twenty other scientists and engineers present at what was described as a “listening session as these stakeholders shared ideas about possible efforts to mitigate the BP spill´s impact on the Gulf region.” The whole situation is under investigation of independent commission appointed by ! President Barrack Obama. The first meeting of the commission w! as held Tuesday, that is three days after BP announced its latest failed attempt to plug the fractioned well.

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by Zuzana Zelenakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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