Final seal of BP oil well to begin

The 'bottom kill' procedure, in which the well is filled with mud and cement, will start this weekend — closing for good the well that spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.Work on the ultimate seal of BP's troubled gulf oil well will begin this weekend, sooner than expected, officials said Friday.

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