The New York Times
Thu, May 27, 2010 -- 11:11 AM ET
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'Top Kill' Effort Seems to Be Working, U.S. Says Cautiously
The latest effort to plug a gushing underwater oil well in
the Gulf of Mexico appeared to be working, officials and
engineers said on Thursday morning, though definitive word on
its success was still hours away.
At the same time, government experts said that the flow of
oil from the well, which has been gushing since an explosion
and fire wrecked a drilling rig in late April, was several
times worse than the preliminary estimate by BP, the oil
company responsible for the rig and the well.
And The Associated Press reported on Thursday that the head
of the agency responsible for regulating offshore oil
drilling had been dismissed.
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