HOUSTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Thursday afternoon that the company finished pouring cement into its blown-out Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP started the cement job Thursday morning as part of its overall effort to kill the leak for good.
'Monitoring of the well is under way in order to confirm the effectiveness of the procedure,' BP said in a statement.
(Reporting by Kristen Hays, editing by Anthony Boadle) Keywords: OIL SPILL/CEMENT (kristen.hays@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713-210-8538; Reuters Messaging: kristen.hays.reuters.com@reuters.) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
BP started the cement job Thursday morning as part of its overall effort to kill the leak for good.
'Monitoring of the well is under way in order to confirm the effectiveness of the procedure,' BP said in a statement.
(Reporting by Kristen Hays, editing by Anthony Boadle) Keywords: OIL SPILL/CEMENT (kristen.hays@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713-210-8538; Reuters Messaging: kristen.hays.reuters.com@reuters.) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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