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. 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.