BP cuts pipe, clearing way for cap

Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 12:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Robots using giant hydraulic shears finished cutting away the pipe atop a BP well gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, clearing the way for a cap to be placed over the well on Thursday in an effort to contain the 45-day-old spill.

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