British Petroleum Oil Leak Stoppers Success

The first time since the overflow of crude oil from offshore platforms Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum (BP) successfully clog the leak.

Yesterday (16 / 7) they announced the success before the media. White House and the communities along the coast welcomed the announcement.

"I am very happy to see crude oil no longer flows into the Gulf of Mexico," says Kent Wells, senior vice president of BP, as reported by Agence France-Presse. But, he argued that the first success after almost three months trying to stop the flood were just the beginning. Moreover, BP take at least 48 hours to analyze the impact of the condition of obstruction was at the bottom of the wells.

President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama also warned previously that BP is not in a hurry to celebrate the success of efforts to blockages. Until all the analysis carried out and tested the strength obstruction, all U.S. citizens were advised to not put too much hope. Especially those who live along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Nevertheless, stock markets react positively direct BP's ability to close three wells were leaking valve in the rig Deepwater Horizon. In London, British oil company's shares immediately jumped 4.29 percent. Positive reactions occurred immediately after the official closing BP third valve leaking wells on Thursday at around 14:25 local time at about 2:45 am yesterday morning.

"It's a good sign. But, as I've said, all this is still in the testing stage," said 48-year presidency. Therefore, he will monitor these developments closely obstruction. He also ordered all levels of government to participate in monitoring the performance of BP's experts in analyzing the blockage was.

According to Wells, the purpose of these trials is to know whether the circular bottom of a well located at a depth of 4 kilometers participate in the blast destroyed 20 April last. With three valves clogged oil wells, BP hopes to stop the surge of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But, like any obstruction efforts will be futile if it turns out the basic circular wells were damaged. Therefore, crude oil surge will not be stopped from the side of the wells.

During the 48-hour analysis, BP experts will conduct inspection of the chimney a few times as high as 9 meters which are deliberately placed in the wells since last Monday (12 / 7). That said, the chimney's function is to measure the pressure inside the well. If high pressure in the well, three valves that have been successfully closed it will remain in place and will remain blocked gusher. But, if the pressure is low, there are indications of a leak in the other valve.

Since 20 April, the entire drilling rig Deepwater Horizon at BP hired from Transocean practically stopped. Besides harming human beings, every day of crude oil and 60,000 barrels of estimated burst was bad for fish, birds and other marine biota. Including coral reefs. Almost every day citizens who find dead birds or fish because the oxygen-depleted