(the title is for Jake since he claims they are our friends)..

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/04/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T1

So BP is still trying to cap the well?

They haven't tried yet - they only have been trying to find a way to keep oil flowing to their refineries.

If they were serious, they would have used the Soviet/Russian method to cap a well - an in-ground explosion near the wellhead will shift the floor and close it permanently. Of course, they won't get to keep siphoning off oil to sell.

Meanwhile, the damage in the gulf will be catastrophic.