BP Dome Fails to Stop Oil Leak

British Petroleum (BP) has failed in its first attempt to contain oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico with a metal box as crystallized gas fills the structure.

Engineers from the UK oil giant tried to lower a four-story containment dome on a ruptured oil well in a move seen as the best short-term way to stem the flow from the fissure.

But they had to pull up the 98-ton contraption on Saturday as gas hydrates, essentially slushy methane gas, blocked the oil from being siphoned out the top of the box.'

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