BP Ready to Plug the “Oil spill”

The U.S. government has said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest oil leak ever, as BP prepares the “static kill” operation permanently closed its good. A new government estimate BP Macondo also leaked 4.9 million barrels of oil before it limits last month. Scientists said only a fifth of the leaking oil – about 800,000 barrels – was during the clean-up included.

The new assessment of the leak is higher than previous estimates. The figure is done in the calculation of the ecological damage than the money paid is crucial for the U.S. government by the BP. The BP spill is greater than 1979 Ixtoc I leak in the Gulf of Mexico, which swarmed 3.3 million barrels.

Only the intentional release of an estimated eight million barrels of oil in the Gulf by Iraqi troops during the Gulf War in 1991 was bigger. On Tuesday, to take the BP, to see how fast it can move to a procedure as “static kill” known. Testing conducted on Monday but were delayed because of a leak in a hydraulic line. The “kill static” see heavy drilling mud as a “mud”, is used to any remaining oil back into the reservoir.