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Robots have attached a pipe to the end of a leaking oil well 5000 feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP has attached a four-inch diameter pipe and began injecting methanol to mitigate against the formation of gas hydrates.Read the full story: http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=18121&src=tw
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Methanol is the problem, the problem is not robots
Posted by: Montez29 | 05/17/2010 at 09:56 AM
I think you might be right, there is some concern over the use of methanol...
Posted by: edie | 05/17/2010 at 09:59 AM
[this is good] It is interesting. Prompt, where I can read about it?
Posted by: Gavin Ash | 06/14/2010 at 06:43 PM
See http://www.epa.gov/chemfact/f_methan.txt
Posted by: edie | 06/15/2010 at 10:21 AM