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Deployed to support a major Saudi operator, the expandable technology was brought in when water ingress on a producing well led to decreased oil recovery.
Final pipe casing right now, suzanne, and when they do that and get it cemented in they will go with a static kill. that will happen late sunday or monday. they will put mud down the top of the well that's heavier than the oil that's there right now and hopefully fill the well up. we'll still need to drill in from the bottom and kill the well from the bottom but at this point it looks like we'll be able to move ahead. we've got good well integrity and trying to move forward it's a positive turn. >> does this mean this will be completely capped and sealed, that we're now at final stage of resol...
Monkeys in afghanistan. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the gulf of mexico at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the celebration might be short-lived. the first apparent good news in three months of an environmental nightmar...
>> it's your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the gulf of mexico at 3:25 eastern this afternoon if only temporarily, as part at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the celebration might be short-lived. the first apparent good news in three months of an environmental ni...