Let's get this straight. BP has delivered ONE of the three cement structures to their oil disaster and the oil is still spewing from the rupture.

The damage is real, it is in 'containment' of sorts simply because of current 'water circulation patterns' in that region that actually have a 'whirlpool' distribution due to its very dangerous location near the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current.

We are also seeing endangered and threatened wildlife that is supposed to be protected by the Endangered Species Act coming up dead, MOST PROBABLY, due to ingesting contaminated food supplies.

The REAL reason BP is doing this is to stem its economic losses, it has little to do with any other reason.  The sooner it 'collects' the oil the sooner it can stem mounting costs. 

The environmental community might be breathing a sigh of relief at this point, as the HERO status belongs to the USA Military and Coast Guard.  They have done a magnificent job at containment and have worked very hard at securing the coastline in the face of impossible odds.  

I remain skeptical to this outcome.

BP stops 1 of 3 oil leaks in Gulf of Mexico--local media  (click title to entry - thank you)

TORONTO, May 5 (Reuters) - BP (BP.L) officials said they capped one of the three leaks that have been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico after last month's explosion and fire on a drilling rig, local media reported Tuesday.

 WWLTV in Louisiana said that BP officials confirmed they have stopped one of the three leaks.

A spokesman for the company was unable to confirm, but said, "We've been trying to fit a valve to a point along the riser." (Reporting by Janet McGurty in Toronto and Tom Bergin in London; Editing by John Picinich) (janet.mcgurty@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: janet.mcgurty.reuters.com@reuters.net; 646 226 3027))