How the maneuver works

Diagram showing how BP intends to plug the oil spill using a technique called top kill.

SOURCES: BP; Paul Bommer, professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Texas at Austin | Bonnie Berkowitz and Alberto Cuadra/The Washington Post - May 26, 2010

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