Allen:Static kill will 'virtually assure' no more oil leakWashington(CNN) August 5, 2010
In what appeared to be his most optimistic statement to date, the government's point man for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Thursday a "significant milestone"is near in the long-running effort to permanently seal BP's ruptured well.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said that the cementing phase of the "static kill"operation "is not he end" of the process, "but it will virtually assure us there's no chance of oil leaking into the environment"
