BP turns to giant shears to cut leaking Gulf pipe

By doris | Published: June 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com

PENSACOLA, Fla. – BP engineers will try to use a pair of giant shears to slice off a leaking pipe after their latest attempt hit a snag trying to stop their broken well from spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Coast Guard said BP was turning to the giant shears after the failure of the firm’s diamond-tipped saw, which sliced through about half of the pipe and then got stuck operating a mile below the surface.

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