Crews Prepare Permanent Plug for Oil Well

According to the Associated Press, engineers are preparing to launch a static kill operation as early as Monday August 2, shoving mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out well to make it easier to plug the gusher up forever and end the Summer of the Spill.

While there is no proof that the operation will be a success, BP is adding more insurance to the operation by filling the well with mud and cement through the relief well they have been digging since just following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill back in April. The relief well will permanently seal off the deep-sea well that is the site of the largest man-made environmental disaster in the nation’s history.

To date, the spill has leaked an estimated 184 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding waters. Eleven platform workers were killed and thousands of others oil workers, fisherman and those working in the region’s tourist industry have been significantly affected the explosion.

Many engineers and relief workers are hopeful that static kill will will be a success.

“If we can get this thing shut in permanently before the August hurricane season, we will have dodged a huge bullet,” said Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft, the government’s on-site coordinator.

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