Sunken Oil Rig Now Leaking Crude; Robots Head to the Rescue

When we last reported on the Deepwater Horizon, the oil rig had sunk in the Gulf of Mexico, but at least the Coast Guard saw no new oil leakage happening. Over the weekend, though, things went from bad to worse as response teams began to see crude oil leaking into the Gulf. Now, the Coast Guard says, 42,000 gallons per day are leaking into the sea, and it may be 45 to 90 days before the leak can be stopped. Deepwater Horizon, under lease by BP, had been drilling into an oil reserve 5,000 feet below the surface of the water.