05-27-2010, 03:14 PM
cbelt3 wrote:
USCG says "Top Kill" worked...
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By Jim Tankersley, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Houma, La. —
Engineers have stopped the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government's top oil-spill commander, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning.
The "top kill" effort, launched Wednesday afternoon by industry and government engineers, had pumped enough drilling fluid to block oil and gas spewing from the well, Allen said. The pressure from the well was very low, he said, but persisting.
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Good news for sure, but I don't think they can cap or plug until the pressure is near zero. Hopefully we'll be there in a day or less.