Thursday, June 17, 2010

Video of BP ship after lightning bolt stops oil spill capture

June 16, 2010BP PLC temporarily suspended siphoning operations on its blown Gulf of Mexico oil well Tuesday after a drill ship collecting the oil apparently was hit by lightning, the company said. A small fire broke out on the top of the derrick on the drill ship Discoverer Enterprise. It was quickly extinguished and there were no injuries.


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