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2 more days before BP knows if mud stops oil leak

BEN NUCKOLS

GREG BLUESTEIN

Associated Press Writers

ROBERT, La. – BP won’t know until Sunday if pumping heavy mud into a blown-out well on the seafloor is successful in stopping the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it’s chief executive said.

CEO Tony Hayward said on the CBS “Early Show” that his confidence level in the well-plugging effort remains at 60 to 70 percent.