Well's blowout preventer to be replaced before 'bottom kill'
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 22:14
in Earth & Climate
BP and U.S. officials decide to move ahead with caution to prepare for complications.BP and government officials said Thursday that they planned to remove the damaged existing blowout preventer on top of the company's troubled oil well and replace it with a new, stronger one — a move they said would allow them to safely carry out the final "kill" of the well, but would delay the ultimate fix until after Labor Day.