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Prosecutors had argued that some of the messages suggested that company officials knew that an effort to stop the leak in the early days of the 2010 spill — a procedure known as a top kill — would most likely fail, largely because of the overwhelming amount of oil flowing out of the stricken well.

For months none of these efforts — with nicknames like “junk shot,” “top kill” and “top hat” — worked.

At one point after the April 2010 spill, BP touted the chances of stopping the leak with a so-called top kill that pumped heavyweight drilling mud into the well.

At one point after the April 2010 spill, BP touted the chances of stopping with leak with a so-called top kill that pumped heavyweight drilling mud into the well.

Parbuckling is one of those terms like top kill, containment vessel or Syndrome that you don’t learn until an rig blows up or a nuclear reactor goes down or something else goes terribly wrong.