Multiple choice general knowledge history

What is the status of the British Petroleum's oil slick ?

  1. it is spreading wider into pacific ocean

  2. BP is up for sale unable to bear the financial impact of the slick

  3. the slick has been plugged by setting 3 release wells nearby
  4. us government has demanded $9000 billion to make up for the damages to its coastline
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was contained using relief wells to intercept and plug the leaking well. The spill was in the Gulf, not Pacific Ocean, and was not resolved by BP being sold.

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