September 13th, 2010
03:10 PM ET

BP begins drilling first relief well

BP has begun drilling its first relief well, the company announced in a statement Monday.

Drilling began at 2:40 p.m. ET after a sleeve was successfully installed over the well over the weekend.

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  1. Bob Olivieri

    t's time that Liberal and Moderate Republicans join the Democrats to defeat the Conservatives and Radical Right Republicans AGAIN. Their schemes like trickle-down-economics, Contract with America, and now the shameful Tea Party, are harmful to the United States, like the Bush Administration was and still

    September 13, 2010 at 4:13 pm | Report abuse |
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      has the Press already forgot the 9/11 of the Gulf of Mexico???
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      and... the tool able to stop the oil spill in the early days of May
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      http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-472981
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      September 13, 2010 at 8:57 pm | Report abuse |
  2. hoss

    Drill baby drill. drop that price of gas

    September 13, 2010 at 7:35 pm | Report abuse |
  3. hunter

    its amazing how the sattekites can read your morning paper but cant find osama

    September 14, 2010 at 4:51 am | Report abuse |