Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100508:19:19:00
Dome. yesterday evening we lowered that to the sea floor and began to place it over the source of the leak. i think as we expressed numerous times, this particular operation has never been done before at this depth. we shared that the big technical challenge was with hydrate formation. that is when gas combines with water under certain pressure and temperatures that form as crystal similar to ice. what happened as we were placing the dome over the leak source a large volume formed inside the top of the dome, requiring us to move the dome to the side of the leak point. the dome is currently sit...
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