Unraveling Cement's Molecular Mysteries Could Be Key to Deepwater Investigation
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 07:20
in Biology & Nature
After months of hearings and finger-pointing, a Deepwater Horizon investigative commission formed by President Obama has begun to shed light on what led to the April 20 explosion that killed 11 and initiated a deep underwater gusher that spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. Yet one of the biggest mysteries remains--why did the drillers use cement designed to shore up the well despite warnings that the mixture would not hold? [More]