This report has a time stamp of 6:33 pm (central time, I guess, since it’s a local site and that’s where I am)

COVINGTON, LA (AP) - BP CEO Tony Hayward says the process of pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well is going according to plan and it will be at least a day before the company knows if it has been successful.

This is company’s boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has spewed millions of gallons of oil over the last five weeks.

Hayward says the plume of gushing oil that is being shown live online and on TV isn’t an indictor of whether the process is working. He says if it increases or decreases, it doesn’t indicate what’s going on.

BP hoped the mud being pumped in Wednesday could overpower the steady stream of oil. The company wants to eventually inject cement into the well to permanently seal it.