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BP finishes pumping cement into oil well in bid to seal leak

BP finishes pumping cement into oil well in bid to seal leak

BP has finished pumping cement into its blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, in the hope of permanently sealing the underground reservoir that has been spreading crude oil around the Gulf since last April.

By News Wires (text)
 

AFP - BP has finished pumping cement into a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico after a five-hour operation, the company said in a statement Thursday.
  
"BP today completed cementing operations at the MC252 well at 14:15 CDT (1915 GMT), as part of the static kill procedure," the company said, adding it was monitoring the well "to confirm the effectiveness of the procedure."

Date created : 05/08/2010 
Comments (1)

Relief Well

by PJ (not verified) - 05/08/2010 - 23:32

Is it not strange that BP will not make a commitment as to what they are going to use the "RELIEF" well for. Is this "RELIEF" well just another well which will become a method of pumping crude oil from, I think we will eventually see another oil rig build there!

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