BP (NYSE:BP) Brings Out Heavy Machinery for Oil Cleanup

Heavy machinery is being brought out by BP (NYSE:BP) to dig up the oil that's absorbed into the sand of the beaches of Alabama.

The oil is a deep as six inches deep, possibly more in some cases, and BP received permits to use trackhoes to dig it up and remove the oil.

Another ability of the hoes is to reach into the water and get rid of any tar ball that are underneath the sand close to the beach.

Workers in the region are also be set to remove the booms as there's little or no chance of the disappearing oil being swept onto the beaches and shores any longer.

Booms were used to block the oil from coming moving onto areas with grass and the islands.