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 Tatiana Schlossberg says she has Terminal cancer. One of the Slender Man attackers escaped her group home, briefly. Anthem's new policy isn't going over well with hospitals. A viral sleep hack could have you snoring away before you know it. Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error