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  • Graphic: Another Look at The 'Top Hat'

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    BP will lower a second, smaller containment dome, called a "top hat," to the seabed to try to stop oil flowing from the largest leak at the site of the sunken oil rig. 'Top hat' dome keeps out cold water so hydrate crystals can't form, block oil from being pumped to surface.

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    BP will lower a second, smaller containment dome, called a "top hat," to the seabed to try to stop oil flowing from the largest leak at the site of the sunken oil rig. 'Top hat' dome keeps out cold water so hydrate crystals can't form, block oil from being pumped to surface.

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    Graphic: Another Look at The 'Top Hat'

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    The State Newspaper
    BP will lower a second, smaller containment dome, called a "top hat," to the seabed to try to stop oil flowing from the largest leak at the site of the sunken oil rig. 'Top hat' dome keeps out cold water so hydrate crystals can't form, block oil from being pumped to surface.

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    How ‘top hat’ could Methanol solvent,

    stop oil leak


    warm water
    pumped into
    dome to prevent
    Weight
    BP will lower a second, crystal buildup
    About
    smaller containment 2 tons
    dome, called a “top hat,” (1.8 mt)
    Additional to the seabed to try to ‘Top hat’
    oil leak stop oil flowing from the Dome fully
    largest leak at the site assembled
    of the sunken oil rig. so it can start
    How it will work: working before
    clogging
    crystals
    Captured oil pumped
    Well form
    to drill ship on surface
    head
    Diameter
    Smaller dome keeps out About 4 ft.
    cold water so hydrate (1.2 m)
    crystals can’t form, block oil
    Blowout from being pumped to
    preventer surface
    (BOP)
    Capped drill pipe
    Size comparison
    First BOP
    First containment dome
    dome rests on Drill pipe
    seabed Top
    hat

    © 2010 MCT
    Source: BP, AP, McClatchy Person
    Washington Bureau Graphic: Lee Hulteng, Judy Treible

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