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Technology Put to the Test in Gulf Oil Cleanup

By Charles Cooper

April 30, 2010 / 5:44 PM EDT / CBS News

New technologies are being used to maximize clean-up effort as the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon disaster NASA

As cleanup crews attempt to contain he massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, they have at their disposal an arsenal of new technologies never before available in such a disaster.

Following the explosion and subsequent sinking of the semi-submersible offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, environmental experts are talking about one of the country's worst environmental catastrophes in decades. Now it's a test of that new technology as they look to contain the damage.

For more, check out Daniel Terdiman's report at CNET News.com.