BP says they were successful in placing a cement plug on the leaking Gulf oil well, the final step of their static kill procedure. Their next effort will be the construction of a relief well.
https://gizmodo.com/watch-bps-latest-attempt-to-plug-the-oil-spill-5603667
The cement plug has held up to two days of pressure testing. The next step will be creating a relief well, due for completion by the end of this month. Then, BP executives say, the sealing effort can be considered a “full success.”
According to the company, the total cost of responding to the disaster is now above $6 billion. [NYT, ABC News via Gawker]
http://gawker.com/5607948/bps-cement-plug-is-successful-spill-costs-reach-61-billion
