http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/static_kill_will_begin_on_bps.html
BP and federal officials expect to begin a static kill operation on the runaway Gulf of Mexico oil well on Monday, Aug. 2, National Incident Commander Thad Allen said in a press briefing in Washington, D.C. on Monday afternoon.
Officials will spend Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week preparing the well, and Wednesday through Saturday or Sunday running casing pipe in the primary relief well.
Pressure in BP’s runaway oil well stands at just above 6,900 pounds per square inch and continues to rise slowly, Allen said.
Why is the pressure continuing to rise? Is it because the reservoir is “recovering” from production? Possibly due to more oil and gas “draining” or permeating into the reservoir causing the pressure to increase?