2-3 сентября. Со дна залива был поднят предохранительный клапан, который должен был заткнуть скважину в случае аварии, но не сработал.
Engineers took 29 1/2 hours to lift the 50-foot, 300-ton blowout preventer from a mile beneath the sea.
Временная заглушка, установленная в Июле была снята в четверг, вместо нее установили новую.
A temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf in mid-July was removed Thursday. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels in case.
The government said a new blowout preventer was placed on the blown-out well late Friday.