BP Well Test Delayed as Scientists Study Procedures
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BP Plc delayed testing on its latest effort to stop the largest U.S. oil spill in history after the Obama administration ordered further study of the plan to seal a well that’s been spewing crude into the ocean since April.
Industry and government scientists will meet at midday to devise procedures for a pressure test that will be done once the company stops the flow of oil with a 40-foot (12-meter) valve stack secured to the well July 12, BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells told reporters today on a conference call. The test will determine whether the cap can remain in place without causing the Gulf of Mexico well to burst open elsewhere.