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Cap On BP’s Ruptured Oil Well To Be Removed

09/02/2010 11:09 am 0 comments

Source: CNN

Crews are expected to try to remove the blowout preventer on BP’s ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, said Thad Allen, the government’s point man on the oil disaster.

But first, crews must pull a capping stack on top of the ruptured well, which was used to help seal it. The cap is expected to be off Thursday afternoon.

Officials plan to detach the blowout preventer from the well and replace it with a new one, a procedure aimed at paving the way for a final fix. But the effort to permanently seal the ruptured oil well has stalled because of turbulent seas.

BP announced the postponement of the procedure on its Twitter page Monday. Seas are starting to calm in the Gulf, but may have eased enough until Friday or sometime during the weekend, Allen said.

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