Containment cap starts doing its job, but officials remain cautious
Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
Efforts to contain the flood of oil into the Gulf of Mexico showed the first signs of progress as 6,000 barrels of oil were pumped to the surface after the fitting of a containment cap over the blown well, officials said Saturday, but it was an incremental step that offered no guarantees of long-term success.