Drilling a release well finally did the job of stopping the flow of oil. Deepwater Horizon is still spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, even though BP has succeeded in inserting a smaller pipe into the main leakage to suck off part of the flow.
封闭“伊克斯托克”油井共耗时九个月。导流井的钻探成功最终阻止了原油的泄漏。 尽管英国石油公司成功地将一小截油管插入主渗漏口并吸走了部分渗漏的原油，但“深水地平线”油井仍然不停地向墨西哥湾喷涌原油。