海上漏油是海上开采、运输、装卸和使用石油过程中发生的溢漏事故，造成不同程度的环境污染和生态灾难。
美国科学家估计将近500万桶石油经受损油井泄漏出来，造成历史上最大的海上漏油事故。
U.S. scientists estimate nearly 5 million barrels of oil leaked from the damaged well, making it the largest accidental release of oil into the seas in history.
这是自“深水地平线”海上石油钻井平台被井喷破坏三个月以来漏油首次被控制住。
The flow of oil ceased, for the first time in the three months since a blowout in the well doomed the rig which had drilled it, Deepwater Horizon.
封堵油井一周后，热带风暴邦尼来袭，迫使减压井的海上作业暂时停止，而减压井将有益于封堵漏油。
The cap halted the oil flow a week before Tropical Storm Bonnie blew through and forced a temporary halt to drilling of a relief well that will seal the leak for good.
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