New cap could stop oil leak

A new containment cap that BP plans to place over the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to halt the flow of crude oil in mid-July, a BP executive said Monday.
In a technical briefing for reporters, BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells said that replacement of the oil containment cap with a bigger cap, which could happen as soon as two weeks, could stop the oil leak under the right circumstances.


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By Mike Brunker, msnbc.com writer and editor