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NEW ORLEANS — A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP’s blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday.
The final seal should happen by Sunday, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
The next step will be to pump mud and cement down through the relief well to seal the ruptured well permanently.
