Coast Guard says BP is ‘exhausting every technical means’ to stop flow of oil into the Gulf

Coast Guard says BP doing all it can to stop spill

WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard says BP is exhausting every technical means possible to stop the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said Monday that federal law dictates that BP is responsible for the clean up, and that the government is responsible for overseeing that effort.

Allen says that pushing BP out of the way would raise the question of who would take over.

On Sunday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he is not completely confident that BP knows what it’s doing.

Millions of gallons of oil have spewed from the well that blew out after a drilling rig exploded April 20 off the Louisiana coast.