COVINGTON, La. (AP) - BP CEO Tony Hayward says the process of
pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well is going
according to plan and it will be at least a day before the company
knows if it has been successful.
This is company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that
has spewed millions of gallons of oil over the last five weeks.
Haywood says the plume of gushing oil that is being shown live
online and on TV isn't an indictor of whether the process is
working. He says if it increases or decreases, it doesn't indicate
what's going on.
BP hoped the mud being pumped in Wednesday could overpower the
steady stream of oil. The company wants to eventually inject cement
into the well to permanently seal it.




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