A cap collected some of the oil spewing out of the blown-out Gulf well, but black crude was still leaking into the sea, and officials said they won't know until later Friday how the device is working.
It's the latest bid to contain — not plug — the nation's worst spill. Even if the cap is successful, it will not collect all the oil coming out. Stopping the leak is still months away.
But officials were optimistic when the inverted funnel-like system, wrapped in hoses and more sophisticated than previous devices, started pumping oil and gas to a tanker on the surface.It is everyone's hope this latest "bandaid" will at least substantially slow down the leak until a permanent fix is in place.
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