Officials said work crews to shut down BP in blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico once and forever the need to end one of the test to fill the cement before it was announced dead permanently as well, Saturday.
Once the pressure and test weight completed and officials are confident that the seal be held permanently, and will also be declared dead, said Rich Robson, director of offshore installations on board development, the third rig. He said that dries 74 barrels of cement at the pump Friday.
Despite the fact that the declaration will be an important milestone, "Robson said it would be difficult to celebrate too much because of the tragedy of the oil spill.
"It's sort of bittersweet because we lost 11 men here," he said. "There would be no true celebration. A lot of people, and the water here is the cemetery."
He said he is still, to celebrate their achievement, and staff planning for the exchange of a meal of rib Prime Minister together.
Associated Press is the only print media with a reporter and photographer on board the ship, which was used to drill the relief well that allows engineers to pump cement. To alleviate the well, 2.5 miles under the seabed, BP intersect well on Thursday.
He said in a pressure test will occur CDT about 11:00, and will take about half an hour. The test is the only way to ensure that everything is fine dead. He said that the crew must wait until then because the workers must first remove the drill pipe from the relief well, and then reduce the necessary equipment to test pressure. There may be no official announcement that the well had been killed some time until Sunday, he said.
Engineers will make £ 15000 weight against the current cement to make sure it will not budge, and should know CDT middle of the night if the seal held. They also are making £ 1150 per square inch of pressure to test the seal.
Until then, the men in suits, red hardhats and mud-splattered work run heavy hydraulic machinery used to raise the drill pipe back to the deck DDIII. Chairs used for two men sitting in a black leather steering wheel to maneuver a huge machinery on the surface of the ship, and that lifting equipment which was thousands of feet below.
At lunch time on the deck, a huge, industrial-size grill cooking ribeye steaks, chicken and rabbits. Tim Spears, the leader of the BBC on board the wellsite DDIII, and said he was happy that the dry cement components.
"I was proud that what we had to do was effective," he said. Spears, once the pressure test, everything will be as usual on board the ship - the sirens, no flashing lights. He said that in fact, most of the crew and will be already asleep.
Engineers initially planned to pump the mud in front of cement, but a spokesman for BP said that was not necessary because there is no build pressure inside the well.
Once declared dead is good, it will mark the first time in five months that the population of the Gulf Coast could be that oil will not completely confirmed vomited several times as well. The disaster began April 20, when an explosion killed 11 workers, sank in the pits, and led to the worst oil spill in the history of the United States abroad.
Relief well drilling in 41 successful attempt by John Wright, a contractor who led the team well drilled relief ship DDIII. He said Wright, who did not miss its target, the Associated Press in August that he was looking forward to the completion by the celebration with a cigar and a quiet getaway with his wife.
He told Reuters on Saturday he plans to make good on that promise. Bush plans to return to Houston, then leave to spend the holiday with his wife, and perhaps to California. For him, is the completion of the hard work.
"In my opinion, is already over. It was a long and comprehensive," adding that "the attention of the media, and government involvement, and levels of tension and stress levels - not just me, but on the whole team."
Ramada Gulf as well as 206 million gallons from the oil flowing until the first stop in the middle of July with a cover temporarily. And pay later in the mud and cement down through the upper part of the well, which allows to remove the cover. But officials did not announce that she was dead until the closing of this from the bottom.
BP PLC is the majority owner of the well, and the rental of the rig owner Transocean
And it was leaking oil into a nightmare, environmental and economic development of the people along the Gulf coast caused by the civil and criminal investigations. It cost a slip-prone President BP Tony Hayward, his job and has brought increased scrutiny of governmental oil and gas industry, including the cost of a moratorium on offshore drilling in deep water which is still in place.
With the oil still in the water - some of them are still on the beach washing - to continue the struggle of the people. Hunters are still fighting the perception is tainted their fishing and tourism are also taken seriously affected.
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