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Article published the Wednesday 04 August 2010 - Latest update : Wednesday 04 August 2010

BP attempts permanent solution to leaking well

A remotely operated robotic arm is pictured at work near the containment capping stack in the Gulf of Mexico
A remotely operated robotic arm is pictured at work near the containment capping stack in the Gulf of Mexico
reuters

By RFI

BP said early Wednesday that a procedure to permanently plug a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has achieved the "desired outcome."

"The well pressure is now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud, the desired outcome of the static kill procedure," the company said in a statement.

The procedure involved pumping heavy drilling fluid, known in the trade as mud, into the busted well to push leaking crude oil back into its source rock.

The apparent success came 106 days after a devastating explosion aboard the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig on 20 April unleashed the biggest oil spill in history.

BP pumped mud into the well for eight hours during the procedure and the well was now being monitored, it said.
 

tags: Ecology - Oil - Pollution - Sea - United Kingdom - USA
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