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Drilling the final feet of a relief well intended to permanently plug the busted BP oil well deep below the Gulf of Mexico will have to wait two to three days as a strengthening tropical depression bears down on the site.
Gulf relief well crews watch for tropical weather
Crews finishing work meant to forever stop oil from leaking from a blown-out undersea well into the Gulf may have one more hurdle to overcome: the weather.
Final plug targeted as BP resumes relief well work
BP crews were drilling cautiously Monday to finish a relief well designed to shoot a permanent plug into the oil gusher that polluted the Gulf of Mexico for more than 12 weeks.
A mud-and-cement plug cured Friday in a blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, a key effort in snuffing the massive leak for good, while a BP personnel shuffle indicated shifting priorities as the petroleum giant gains the upper hand.
Scientists say an Asian carp discovered near Lake Michigan may have been planted there, instead of evading an electronic barrier meant to keep the species out of the Great Lakes.