Xinhua Houston on July 15 (Xinhua Chen Yu ) in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill occurred after nearly 3 months , BP 15, announced a new underwater oil control system was successfully covering the spill point , "re- No crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico . "

senior vice president of BP in the news conference that engineers around 2:30 p.m. that day closed the cover of new oil control valve in the last three and has never found signs of oil leakage . He said: " I am pleased that there is now no oil into the Gulf of Mexico . In fact , I am very excited. "

BP is in the oil spill a " well integrity testing " after the announcement of this result . The company was on the 10th of the old control leakage removable device, put the current oil control mask .

According to U.S. media reports, the next step is to observe the new cover seal leaking oil control , does well in other places, causing leakage point .

BP executives had previously said , even if the new device can completely control the spill , BP will continue to play relief well , because this is a permanent seal oil leak the most reliable method .

British Petroleum lease " Deep Horizon " offshore oil drilling platform on April 20 near the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana waters exploded and sank , resulting in this most serious in U.S. history, oil spills .