BP VP Kent Wells just said the relief well is on track to hit the mark this weekend. The first act of the oil spill drama could be over on Monday. But Operation Final Kill also represents the ...

Procedure Involves Plugging Well from Above and Will Make Ultimate Relief Well Solution Easier. ... Allen: "Static Kill" on Oil Well Moved Up. July 29, 2010 / 2:29 PM EDT / AP ...

As of Thursday, BP says the drill for this relief well has reached a depth of 13,978 feet. See a BP image of both relief well statuses, last updated on May 30 There are fewer than 200 workers on ...

BP’s new idea of a static kill would involve pumping heavy mud into the well bore, to choke off the oil. A similar technique, called a top kill, was attempted ...

Tests show that static kill did not permanently stop BP well. August 13, 2010 — -- After 116 days, 206 million gallons of leaking oil that harmed wildlife and livelihoods, and 11 attempts to ...

Drilling on the second relief well, which was created as a redundant measure, is on hold. BP finished pouring cement down the well on Thursday as part of the "static kill," completing the job ...

Although BP’s troubled well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be plugged from the top and bottom, the federal spill commander said Friday that government and company officials have agreed that a ...

Relief-well drilling called imperative. August 14, 2010. By Tom Breen. ... "The relief well will be finished," said retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen. "We will kill the well." ...

Macondo relief well on schedule BP remains on schedule to intercept the Macondo blowout in the US Gulf in about two weeks, the head of the US response told reporters today. 29 July 2010 1:22 GMT ...

After insisting for months that a pair of costly relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials said Monday they may be able to do ...

Operators needing to kill a blowout can increase the relief well pumping capacity by placing an RWIS between the relief wellhead and the BOP to inject kill fluids (Fig. 1). Photo from Trendsetter ...

A drilling rig is heading for the site in case it's needed to bore a relief well to intercept the one being plugged. The natural gas well is in 218 feet of water about 50 miles east of Venice, La.