After several months of fruitless subsea efforts, BP appears to have finally plugged the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP FACED heartbreaking setbacks in its early attempts to stem the oil gushing from Macondo field, which included a failed 'top kill' operation, But the company had a multi-strand strategy, and knowledge gained from the failed early efforts helped it formulate more successful plans, which eventually led to the installation of a temporary cap on 15 July Prior to capping the well, the company also succeeded in capturing over 700,000 barrels of oil on the seabed.
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