Two weeks after halting the flow of oil from its runaway Macondo well, BP could begin a procedure to plug the well for good slightly ahead of schedule this weekend.
Called a "static kill," the procedure involves pumping heavy drilling mud and then cement into the top of the well, with the goal of pushing a column of oil back down into the reservoir nearly three miles below the seafloor. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.