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June 04, 2010

BP to close cap vents to stop oil still gushing into Gulf

Posted: 10:32 AM ET

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CNN Wire Staff

BP planned Friday to successively close four vents at the top of an undersea well containment cap through which oil was still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

The company hopes very little oil will be escaping once the vents are shut, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said. He said he was optimistic that the "cut and cap" operation, which hit a snag earlier in the week, will be successful.

"I think it should work," he said.

President Obama, who told CNN's Larry King that he was "furious with the entire situation," was heading to Louisiana on Friday to meet with political and business leaders.