US | British Petroleum BP: The Tube Is In Oil giant hopes to siphon large part of gushing oil By Polly Davis Doig Posted May 16, 2010 11:19 AM CDT Copied BP chief operating officer for exploration and production Doug Suttles speaks in Venice, La., Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) BP has successfully inserted a pipe into the blown-out Deepwater Horizon well, a source confirmed to the Wall Street Journal, raising hopes that a majority of the leak could be siphoned up to a ship on the surface. A BP spokesman declined comment. Read These Next BBC apologizes after racial slur heard at BAFTAs. FBI chief Kash Patel showed up in the Team USA hockey locker room. A sneaker brand is suing Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. Trump threatens Netflix: Remove Democrat from board or else. Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error