at first, bp's chief executive, tony hebert, suggested that the environmental impact of this bill would end up being very modest. but the oil kept coming. in june, president obama called this the worst environmental disaster that america has ever faced. now, the president has an update. it turns out that most of the oil in the sea has gone. >> the vast majority of the spilled oil has been disbursed or removed from the water, so the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end. and we are very pleased with that. [applause] >> this is what is stopping the oil at the moment. over the last 24 hours, engineers have come heavy drilling mud into the blown out well, a process known as static killed. after the heavy drilling may come a round of cement. is to be conned in during the next few days. finally in mid-august, but an estimate will be pumped in from a release well -- mud and cement. that should and results were good. this afternoon, the white house celebrated the success of static kill and wound itself answer is simple question -- was 20 k worth t