OIL

BP looking at options to plug GoM well

BP'S first attempt to lower its subsea containment dome over the leaking Macondo/MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico was thwarted when gas hydrates formed at the top of the dome, clogging the opening.

The oil major and Coast Guard officials had cautioned that ice-like hydrates, a slushy mixture of gas and water, would be one of the biggest challenges to the containment box plan. BP chief operating...

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