Oil slick: BP does not exclude future development of the field concerned

Just completed the cementing of the well head of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a senior executive of BP did not rule out future development of the field in question, although the group seemed a bit timid to later reverse .

Less than 24 hours after the injection of cement into successful leads, the director of operations for BP said that the giant British did not rule out widening of a new drilling in the deposit that caused the most massive oil spill from the History of the United States.

"There are a lot of oil and gas (underground prisoners) and now we must think about what we do," said the press's director of operations for BP, Doug Suttles.

Too preoccupied with the urgency to plug the well from which escaped from late April to mid-July some 780 million liters of oil, BP teams "have not even thought about what should be done with this deposit, "he said.

Not this aquifer was exploited: the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform took place on April 20, while engineers were on the final adjustment before the start of production.

But if decision was made to extract oil in any case the wells who fled for 106 days would be used, has assured Mr. Suttles.

BP has tried to downplay the remarks: "BP is now concentrating fully on the intervention measures in the Gulf of Mexico and the future use of deposit is not being considered," he said in a statement .

This text does not exclude that the deposit Macondo is the subject of future exploitation by BP.

Mr. Suttles also said Friday that the cement injected during five hours yesterday in the well to serve as a permanent cap on the oil leak was still dry. Only then will drill two wells branch will resume operation when the bottom kill ".

The relief well will test the success of the cementing or cement the wells from below to order permanently.

The operation of "bottom kill" and should help close the technical chapter of the disaster that has affected five states U.S. Gulf of Mexico, threatening the rich ecosystem of the area's economy and local fishing and tourism .

But the success of the clogging is far from dispelled the concerns of residents of coastal areas.

"It is impossible to know how this will end," said Matt O'Brien, who worked in the shrimp fishery in Venice, Louisiana.

While welcoming the success of the cementation, he worries about the future market for seafood from Louisiana. "This can not overcome the atmosphere of uncertainty that remains in the sea," he said.

"There is enormous pressure on BP for him to say that all is well now. But what scares us, me and many people here is the impression that everyone - BP guards Coast, authorities, cleanup crews - will suddenly pack his bags and leave, "adds Todd Goodman, a local official who also runs a trailer park.

"And then two months later - boom! - Even more oil hits us."

BP, which continues to try to burnish its blows advertisements in major U.S. media, fails to claim victory.

"There are still a lot of work," Doug Suttles has launched. "There are still raw patties that will happen (on the coast) and will be picked up."

As a result, he said, mass will be held on the Gulf coast to clean soiled beaches and marshes, and the British giant will not shirk its responsibility in the long term.