By — Travis Daub Travis Daub Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/watch-the-oil-leak-stop-in-high-speed-video Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Watch the Oil Leak Stop in High Speed Science Jul 16, 2010 4:39 PM EDT In real time, it was difficult to see the exact moment that oil stopped flowing from BP’s broken wellhead in the Gulf. So we built this time lapse video — compressing three hours of our live stream into a little more than a minute, and revealing the process that finally stemmed the flow of oil on July 15. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Travis Daub Travis Daub Travis Daub is Director of Digital at PBS NewsHour. @tcd004
In real time, it was difficult to see the exact moment that oil stopped flowing from BP’s broken wellhead in the Gulf. So we built this time lapse video — compressing three hours of our live stream into a little more than a minute, and revealing the process that finally stemmed the flow of oil on July 15. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now