BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April. The announcement today came after company officials said all valves had been shut on a new cap over the busted well in an experiment to stop the spill. Kent Wells, a BP vice president, says oil stopped flowing into the water at 2:25 p.m. It was a long-awaited milestone in one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters. While the cap is not a permanent solution for plugging the busted well, its success in capturing the oil spewing out is welcome news indeed. The crisis began when a BP deepwater rig exploded, killing 11 workers. BP is continuing to drill two relief wells so it can pump mud and cement into the leaking well in hopes of stopping it for good.
BP: No oil leaking into gulf from busted well
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