called a capping stack, had a three-foot (1-meter) gash in it. Before even starting exploration Shell has spent about $7 billion hoping for oil and gas. If all goes as planned, production would ...

The ship is carrying a key piece of blow-out response equipment called a capping stack. Federal regulators have said Shell can start its work drilling two exploratory wells immediately ...

Admiral Thad Allen, who oversees the government's spill response, said late Friday he had approved the plan to simultaneously install the Helix Producer and “capping stack” containment mechanisms over ...