US | Gulf oil spill BP May Drill Again Near Blown-Out Well Company won't forget about rich oil find, despite spill By Nick McMaster Posted Aug 6, 2010 4:10 PM CDT Copied In this Wednesday Aug. 4, 2010 photo, Kelly Stull checks her flow meter as teammates drag a 50 meter seine net through the surf at Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. (AP Photo/ News & Observer, Chuck Liddy) BP workers have moved into the second stage of the "static kill," ensuring that the well in the Gulf will never again spew forth oil—unless BP resumes drilling into the reservoir beneath it. The company's COO is already suggesting that BP may want to go back for the wealth hidden underneath the relief wells: "There's lots of oil and gas here," Doug Suttles told USA Today. "We're going to have to think about what to do with that at some point." Click here to read about how locals are responding to the spill's aftermath. Read These Next Don't plan an overnighter to Grand Canyon's South Rim now. Gene Simmons says Congress has to fix the radio business model. Epstein's island home contained a dentist's chair. Pamela Anderson would rather not be known as Pamela Anderson. Report an error