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(UPDATE) BP awaits crucial Gulf of Mexico oil well test data
Oil firm BP is awaiting test results from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, a day after staunching the flow of oil for the first time since April.
BP executive Kent Wells said that for the first time in months no oil was flowing into the Gulf.
The firm is checking how much pressure the well can withstand while the valves on its new capping device are closed.
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US President Barack Obama hailed the move as a "positive sign", and BP's shares rallied in early trading in London after sharp rises in New York.
BP hopes the new well cap will stop oil gushing from its blown-out well.
That could signal a beginning of an end to the catastrophe that began when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers and launching the relentless oil spill. But even if the well is contained, the cleanup could take years.
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