[/caption]It is planned that BP will finally kill the oil well that could not be brought easily under control. Many have waited long for this to finally happen. Preliminary test have shown no problems, so the nightmare should be over soon.
"Today we will do the injectivity tests, we'll look at that information make any adjustments to how and if we move forward with the static kill tomorrow," said BP's senior vice president Kent Wells.
"Then tomorrow we'll do the static kill, that might take all of tomorrow. It could even run into Wednesday," he said.
You can see a video from BP's Kent Well here, that explains exactly how the static well kill is being done.
The new sealing cap was installed on 12 July and on 15 July an integrity test began in which the cap’s three ram capping stack was closed, effectively shutting in the well and all sub-sea containment systems. Since then no new oil has been entering the Gulf of Mexico.
In the mean time vessels skim the oil and mechanically separate oil from water using belts, rotating discs, ropes and other technologies. The captured oil is then being burned. The oil skimming is largely depended on good weather conditions and can not be continued when the sea is rough.
The beaches that have been affected by the oil spill are being cleaned with ‘Sandboni’ machines to scoop up the oil. There are teams across the four states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, that are often manned by volunteers.
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