BP edges towards "static kill" end game

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Oil giant to carry out final round of tests ahead of operation to plug leaking well

BP will today carry out a final series of tests before hopefully beginning work to permanently plug the ruptured Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. In a brief statement released late yesterday, BP...

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