BP oil spill Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico. BP America is currently updating its twitter feed and recently added a press release to its website about plugging the well, which describes the technology being used in rather grandiose terms (my italics):

Preparations are ongoing for deployment of the lower marine riser package (LMRP) cap containment system. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are engaged in preliminary operations, including preparing for operations to cut through and separate the damaged riser from the LMRP at the top of the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP).

Meanwhile, here’s a quick round up of the latest oilspill news as the media sees it:

Oil spill news

• Gulf Oil Spill: Schumer Calls For Repeal Of Liability Limits (huffingtonpost.com)
• BP Share Price Dives 14% In Opening Trade (news.sky.com)
• Criminal investigation looms in Gulf of Mexico oil spill (telegraph.co.uk)
• Mapping the Deepwater disaster (guardian.co.uk)
• An Explainer roundup on the BP disaster. (slate.com)
• The Gulf Before Deepwater Horizon (themoderatevoice.com)
• BP shares plunge (guardian.co.uk)
• Nigeria’s oil spill agonies dwarfs the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (loomnie.com)