Top Kill Operations [Image 2 of 4]

AT SEA

05.26.2010

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley  

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

The mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 holds position directly over the damaged Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer as crews work to plug the wellhead using a technique known as "top kill," May 26. The procedure is intended to stem the flow of oil and gas and ultimately kill the well by injecting heavy drilling fluids through the blow out preventer on the seabed, down into the well.

• Date Taken: 05.26.2010
• Date Posted: 05.27.2010 15:39
• Photo ID: 283627
• VIRIN: 100526-G-8744K-001
• Resolution: 3034x2015
• Size: 4.17 MB
• Location: AT SEA