What is another word for top kill?
Pronunciation: [tˈɒp kˈɪl] (IPA) 
Top kill, a term commonly used in the oil and gas industry, refers to the process of stopping a well from releasing oil or gas by forcefully pumping heavy drilling mud into it. Apart from top kill, there are several other synonymous terms that are used by the industry experts, including bullheading, dynamic kill, and static kill. Bullheading involves a high-pressure pumping of heavy mud using the open top method and is effective in clogging the well. Unlike dynamic kill that uses a continuous flow of mud into the well, static kill fills the wellbore with fluid, stopping the flow of oil and gas. All these methods are aimed at achieving the same goal of controlling a runaway well.
