BP Controls Well Pressure in ‘Milestone’ to End Spill
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BP Plc said it controlled the pressure in the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well with drilling mud, moving a step closer to permanently sealing the source of the world’s worst accidental oil spill.
The well “appears to have reached a static condition -- a significant milestone,” BP said in a statement in London today. The company pumped mud into the top of the well in a “static kill” operation that lasted about 8 hours yesterday.