Gulf Oil Spill Containment Efforts

A welder fabricates a portion of the BP subsea oil recovery system chamber at Wild Well Control, Inc. in Port Fourchon, La., April 26, 2010. The chamber will be one of the largest ever built and will be used in an attempt to contain an oil leak related to the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Oil Rig Explosion Survivors Back on Land Photos: Oil Rig Explosion

The base of a pollution containment chamber is moved to a construction area at Wild Well Control, Inc. in Port Fourchon, La., April 26, 2010. The chamber will be one of the largest ever built and will be used in an attempt to contain an oil leak related to the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Oil Rig Explosion Survivors Back on Land Photos: Oil Rig Explosion

A worker on the oil skimmer Louisiana Responder looks over oil booms as they collect oil from a leaking pipeline that resulted from last week's explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

Oil Rig Explosion Survivors Back on Land Photos: Oil Rig Explosion

An oil skimmer collects oil from a leaking pipeline that resulted from last week's explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, near the coast of Louisiana, on Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Oil Rig Explosion Survivors Back on Land Photos: Oil Rig Explosion

Crew boats controlling robot submersibles observe a leaking pipeline that resulted from last week's explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, near the coast of Louisiana, Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

Oil Rig Explosion Survivors Back on Land Photos: Oil Rig Explosion

A boat and crew work in oil which leaked from a pipeline at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, Monday, April 26, 2010. Officials say there will be no shoreline impact from an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico for at least another three days. Crews were ramping up Monday to protect the coastline after the oil rig exploded off the Louisiana coast nearly a week ago.

Oil Rig Explosion Survivors Back on Land Photos: Oil Rig Explosion