| 04 August 2010

Image: Wikipedia, public domain. Important Milestone BP has started the 'static kill' procedure on Macondo oil well on Tuesday afternoon, a day later than originally hoped because 2 minor leaks were found on valves on the new cap. After the valves were fixed, heavy drilling mud was pumped into the well for 8 hours until the pressure reached equilibrium. Since then, engineers... Read the full story on TreeHugger