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Sea ice crystals foil gulf oil boxes

A novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover the deep-water oil well gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted May 8 after ice crystals encased it, an ominous development as thick blobs of tar began washing up on Alabama's white sand beaches. The setback left the mission to cap the ruptured well in doubt. It took about two weeks to build the box and three days to cart it out and slowly lower it to the well, but the frozen depths are proving too much for it to handle. (AP)

Shukan ST: May 21, 2010

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World News Sea ice crystals foil gulf oil boxes A novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover the deep-water oil well gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted May 8 after ice crystals encased it, an ominous development as thick blobs of tar began washing up on Alabama's white sand beaches. The setback left the mission to cap the ruptured well in doubt. It took about two weeks to build the box and three days to cart it out and slowly lower it to the well, but the frozen depths are proving too much for it to handle. (AP) Shukan ST: May 21, 2010 (C) All rights reserved