Coast Guard officials say tests show the oil is BP's, but it's considered dead oil that's been trapped on the Gulf floor, not fresh oil that is seeping from the plugged well.

美国海岸警卫队的官员称，测试结果显示该石油来自英国石油公司，但是那是陷入墨西哥湾底部的死油，并不是从密封的井中渗出的新鲜石油。

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Since a plugged well already existed, the idea was to re-enter the sealed Davy Jones well to look another ten thousand feet deeper.

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Say, for example, the actual BP plugged the well tomorrow and paid every cent of the sum the government asked for.

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Stanton sold his last company to T Mobile so is well plugged in there.

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