Mud from "Static Kill" Has Stopped BP's Leak; Concrete Coming Today

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By Andrew Moseman
Aug 5, 2010 11:39 PMNov 20, 2019 2:26 AM
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The BP oil spill isn't over. But, as CNN says, we could be at the beginning of the end. The first part of BP's "static kill," in which it used mud to try to plug the leak, appears to have worked well and stemmed the flow of oil. Last night National Incident Commander Thad Allen gave the OK for the second part: pumping concrete. That could begin today.

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