* Oil booms(オイルフェンス) - partly successful (部分的に成功) * Controlled burning (原油を燃やすこと)- causes serious air pollution (重大な環境汚染をもたらす) * Dispersant used (拡散財を撒く)- scientists warn it may kill marine life (海洋の生態系をぶちこわしかねない) * Huge dome placed over leak (ドーム型のキャップを漏れている所におく)- became blocked by ice crystals (氷の結晶が出てきたため不成功) * Mile-long tube (長いチューブによる吸い上げ)- fails to suck up large amount of oil (大量の油には対応出来ず) * "Top-kill" method to pump heavy mud (トップキル)- abandoned (中止)