containment cap
engineering
Also known as: containment dome
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010
- In Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Leaking oil
…in May to place a containment dome over the largest leak in the broken riser were thwarted by the buoyant action of gas hydrates—gas molecules in an ice matrix—formed by the reaction of natural gas and cold water. When an attempt to employ a “top kill,” whereby drilling mud was…
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