On Thursday BP was finally able to cut a damaged pipe at the well using robotic vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Glassblowing involves gathering hot liquid glass on the end of a metal pipe called a blowpipe.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Crews then turned to placing a cap over the pipe -- not to stop it, but to direct at least some of the oil to ships on the surface.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

"You know, I was an avid skateboarder as a kid." "I had a big half-pipe in my backyard and that's what kind of drew me to snowboarding initially.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

That cannot and will not happen anymore." As the president spoke, robots at the bottom of the Gulf tried to move a tube into the pipe that has pumped millions of liters of oil into the water.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14