NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A two-ton "top hat" plug built by BP was lowered into the water on Wednesday to attempt to cap off the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico in the next couple of days.
The device hasn't been hooked up yet and BP /quotes/comstock/13*!bp/quotes/nls/bp (BP 48.72, -0.02, -0.04%) /quotes/comstock/23s!a:bp. (UK:BP. 543.90, -1.60, -0.29%) isn't sure if it'll stop the spill, said BP spokesman Matt Taylor.
Unlike a larger containment dome attempted over the weekend, the four-foot-wide device allows injections of methanol and hot water to prevent clogging from hydrates.
Fabrication of the "top hat" that BP is deploying in an attempt to stop a 5,000 barrel a day oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP said the top hat arrived on sight on a boat called Poseidon, normally used for carrying remotely operated vehicles
Before it was dropped into the water, the top hat was wired up to the drill ship, with a drill pipe and a riser. The drill pipe sits inside the riser, which will be heated with hot water.
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