BP Finally able to Plug the Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak

Reports are now showing that, after 87 days, BP has at least temporarily contained the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, which had threatened to bring the company down. Although this news is unlikely to bring a whole lot of cheer to the badly damaged tourism industry around the south coast of the United States, the news at least does show a light at the end of a dark tunnel.

Right now, a 150,000 pound cap is being welded on the the leak spot. The president of the United States, Barack Obama, said that he thinks it is a positive sign. They noted that there will be a testing phase that will go on very soon.

BP went on to confirm this by saying that the testing was likely to take two days. During this time it is highly likely that further oil would escape from this site. Given how big of a problem this oil leak has caused, this is in deed a good thing.

Bobby Jindal, who is the Louisiana governor, went on to issue a statement expressing cautious optimism. He said that their battle does not end even when the well is capped. He said that millions of gallons of oil are still in the Gulf and some estimates show that the oil will continue to hit the shores for many more months to come.

Oil finally started pouring from the ruptured well early on Thursday afternoon, according to the BP senior vice president, Kent Wells. He said that it felt good to see no more oil going into the Gulf of Mexico. He added that company officials are obviously very encouraged by the developments but warned they are trying to maintain a strict focus.