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BP has announced that they had managed to temporary stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. However, the operation is still in testing phase. Photo by EPA/BGNES
British Petroleum has announced it has temporarily stopped the oil from spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.
The oil flow has been stopped for the first time since the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20.
BP's vice president, Kent Wells, has announced that the oil stopped flowing 2:25 local time (9:25 GMT+2) when the last of several valves has been closed on a cap at the top of the well.
“I am very pleased that there's no oil going into the Gulf of Mexico but we just started the test and I don't want to create a false sense of excitement,” Wells told the US daily “The New York Times”.
US President Barack Obama has stated the development was a “positive sign” but noted that the operation is still in testing phase.
Over the last three months, the oil spill has affected all five US Gulf Coast states – Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas.
Carol Browner, President Barack Obama's adviser on energy policy, has stated that the spill is the worst environmental disaster in US history.
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