By HARRY R. WEBER
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS – Crews started pumping cement Friday deep under the seafloor to permanently plug BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.
A BP spokesman said there no longer was a need to use mud in tandem with the cement because pressure from the well wasn’t an issue.
BP expects the well to be completely sealed today. The government had previously said it expected the well to be declared dead by Sunday, but on Friday the Coast Guard indicated the culmination was likely to be Saturday.