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GoM: BP issues update on Gulf of Mexico oil spill - July 29
30 Jul 2010
BP has provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico.
- The MC252 well has been successfully shut-in for integrity testing since July 15; there is currently no oil flowing into the Gulf.
- Active monitoring continues during the integrity test; there has been no evidence of the well not having integrity.
- The DDIII rig will make a clean out run with a drill bit on drill pipe prior to preparing to run casing.
- Pressure continues to slowly increase and is approx. 6951 psi.
- We anticipate the next update will be provided at around 9:30am CDT on July 30 2010.
Updated July 29 at 9:30am CDT.
Source: BP
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