BP Says Oil Well Fully Capped, Leak Fully Contained

Photograph provided by BP PLC at 6:45 a.m. EDT Thursday July 15, 2010 showing oil flowing from one of three valves of the new 75-ton cap atop the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

After just 87 days, BP has fully contained the oil gushing out of a broken well in the Gulf of Mexico. Or so they say. After replacing an ill-fitting cap over the weekend with a newer, custom-fitted cap, BP claims that for the first time since 4/20, there is no oil leaking into the Gulf. The new top hat is a temporary solution until the oil well can be permanently sealed via relief wells which are being drilled toward the blown-out well.

"Engineers will watch pressure readings to see if the cap is working," the AP reports. "High pressure is better, because it means the oil is staying within the cap and not escaping through an unknown leak. Low pressure means there could be another leak." Obama's gonna finally have some good news for Malia tonight!

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By John Del Signore in News on July 15, 2010 4:11 PM

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LESh8r

It's weird that this all started on hitlers birthday. No bueno

S.D.

Hope it stays sealed...

pinball29

So....THATS done. We can now all instantly forget it even happened. BTW, wasnt there a big earthquake down around there recently too? And a hurricane?

Lets have a concert and decide what ribbons to wear.

inoyourider

Wish I could believe it.

adeez

That's great. Too bad the media blackout prevents us from really knowing the truth.

Ethan

vo̵on′dər bär!

Radbecca

That's super duper! So you see, everyone? Gov. Bobby Jindal's Statewide Day of Prayer on June 27 really DID work. In your face, non-believers!

Nyctini11

Why do i have a hard time believing anything BP reports at this point....

Matt Joyce

Obama's only hope of winning the reelection now is for the Republican party to run Sarah Palin against him.

jlocke

damn obama for drilling that well!

jaycjay

...and for founding the entire oil industry. This is all Obama's fault!

ohnose

and for spending the previous 8 years weakening industrial safety regulations left and right. and for stocking important regulatory positions with political cronies.

but seriously, this is what happens when you let free market principles reign...

John_Matrix

everyone is just too damn tired to care about the oil spill. and guess where the oil is washing up? red states. no love lost there for obama.

hotstepper

you give America's collective memory too much credit. the presidential election two years from now and here i can't even remember what we're talking about.