New Orleans - A "static kill" procedure to permanently plug a runaway oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has achieved the "desired outcome," BP said Wednesday.
"The well pressure is now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud, the desired outcome of the static kill procedure," the company said in a statement.
The procedure involved pumping heavy drilling fluid, known in the trade as mud, into the busted well to push leaking crude oil back into its source rock.
- AFP