The petroleum company BP has being working hard to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which started to happen after a big explosion in the platform. Eleven workers died in that explosion. The oil spill has duration by months. Scientists are been consideration that it is one of the worse ecological disaster in the United States. Before that other big disaster occurred in 1979. Thirty years ago and population feel the consequences until today.
To try to stop the spill, the BP Company tried to inject heavy mud in the oil well that has 1500 meters depth, but that didn’t work. The British Petroleum’s engineers are working to stop the spill that is destroying the Gulf of Mexico, but many engineers fear that it doesn’t stop until August.
Evolution of oil spot in the Gulf of Mexico
After recognize the failure in to stop the spill with chemical products and mud, the BP’s leaders announced that they will put a cover on the broken tubing. According engineers, the operation will be in a depth of 1.500 meters with robots, for this operation is necessary to be very cautions.
Below the video showing the procedure:
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