Via: WRAL.com
Yesterday BP announced that the mud it had forced down a blown-out well was holding back the flow of crude into the Gulf of Mexico…
The next step for BP would be to decide whether to cement the well. The static kill procedure, also known as bullheading, involves pumping mud to the ruptured well a mile below the surface…
BP won’t know for certain whether the static kill has succeeded until engineers can use the soon-to-be-completed relief well to check their work.
