BP gets completely seal oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico

Oil giant BP has reported that for the first time in 87 days, has managed to completely stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Thanks to the important test done to test the effectiveness of the new containment hood installed over the subsea well in which the leak occurred since 22 April, "there is no flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico," said vice president of BP exploration and production, Kent Wells.

In a statement, the oil firm said that "during the tests, the three openings are closed, which for all practical purposes closed well ... Although we can not guarantee it is not expected to pour oil into the sea during the test" .

After closing the valves, the engineers began monitoring the pressure. Pressure is expected to continue rising, because if it remains low, it means that there could be leaking oil.
Resistance Testing

BP, the company responsible for the spill, took over the endurance of the bell after being suspended last night by detecting a crack in the shutter.

"The tests began today in accordance with procedures approved by the National Incident Command" and until they develop normally, the statement said. The first tests will last at least six hours and could take up to 48 hours, the statement said.

The company warns that even stop oil spill into the sea during the trial period "that does not mean that the flow of oil and gas well has stopped permanently."

Throughout the testing period will be measuring the pressure inside the hood. If it is too low, it will point to the existence of another similar to the detected leak last night and have to start all over again.

In a news conference Thursday, the coordinator of the anti-dumping by the U.S. government, Admiral Thad Allen, said that if there is a high pressure will be good news, because it will mean that the device works as properly and is able to withstand the flow of oil.

If the tests are positive and the bell can become operational, would be connected by pipelines to ships in the area. According to Allen, the system would be able to transfer up to 80,000 barrels per day, an amount greater than that flowing from the well failed. It is estimated that currently flow from the well between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels of oil a day.

The hood is designed only as a provisional remedy to the disaster, the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history and the coming Thursday in its day number 87. The permanent solution will come when completed two wells drilling subsidiary, through which they inject a mixture of heavy clay and cement permanently seal the well.

The spill began after the April 20, for reasons still unknown, broke out and sank in the sea oil rig 'Deepwater Horizon', maintained by the oil company BP, accident that killed eleven workers.