BP Moves Closer to Sealing Damaged Well After Interception

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Source: Bloomberg

BP Plc could bring the worst oil spill in U.S. history to an end this weekend after intercepting the ruptured Gulf of Mexico well.

Sensors and pressure tests indicated that a relief well came into contact with the blown-out well’s casing, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen said late yesterday, citing findings by BP engineers and a team of government scientists. The plan is to cement the space between the pipe and the walls of the well known as the annulus, he said in a statement.

“We intend to proceed with preparation to cement the annulus and complete the bottom kill of the well,” Allen said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-17/bp-s-relief-well-intersects-blown-out-macondo-oil-well-in-gulf-of-mexico.html

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1. What about all the new oil washing up in LA?

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2. It's a good thing they are going to cement the annulus first. They did not do that originally. nt