"BP stops, restarts 'top kill' effort"

[jenmito]

Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP's much-anticipated attempt to cap its undersea gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, a spill now estimated at twice the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster, was suspended for more than 16 hours before it was restarted late Thursday afternoon, a BP executive said Thursday.

The "top kill" procedure that started Wednesday continued until "just before midnight, when we stopped pumping operations," Doug Suttles, the company's chief operating officer, told reporters.

BP evaluated the results of the first round of pumping over the past 16 hours. Shortly after the conference, Suttles told CNN's John King that BP had restarted the process.

The light-brown material that was seen spilling out of the well throughout Thursday was the previously pumped fluid mixed with oil.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/27/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[Clio the Leo]

1. And the JUNK SHOT may happen tonight!

Dont know WHY that excites me, but it does.

[jenmito]

2. Yeah, I just saw that on MSNBC. n/t

[WeDidIt]

3. You had damned well better not shoot your junk at me!

:silly:

[Clio the Leo]

4. *I* am a LADY and would never DO such a thing....

... or at least I wouldn't admit to it in public.