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BP Well Declared ‘Effectively Dead’
BP's blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been permanently sealed, a U.S. government official said, five months after an explosion destroyed a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said Sunday that the well "is effectively dead."
Crews began pumping in cement on Friday to plug the well, about four kilometres below the sea floor.