BP executive says ‘virtually all’ oil expected to be captured by early next week
By Jay Reeves, APTuesday, June 8, 2010
BP says ‘virtually all’ oil to be captured soon
GULF SHORES, Ala. — A top BP executive says the company expects to be capturing virtually all the oil leaking from the Gulf floor by early next week.
Chief operating officer Doug Suttles told The Associated Press on Tuesday in Gulf Shores, Ala., that the flow should decrease “to a relative trickle” by Monday or Tuesday.
President Barack Obama plans to visit the region the same days.
Suttles says a second pumping ship should improve the process. And he says a new containment cap being built will seal better and reduce leakage.
He says BP believes the oil now washing up on the coast was spilled soon after a rig exploded about 50 days ago and sank.
Suttles says oil will probably continue to wash up for about the same period after the well fully shuts down.
A relief well expected to stop the flow is expected to be done in August.
Tags: Accidents, Alabama, Barack Obama, Environmental Concerns, Gulf Shores, North America, United States
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June 11, 2010: 2:45 am
I think the words got transposed somehow. What BP means is the oil will be “virtually” captured (in other words it will happen in virtual reality rather than the real world). Dr Stuart Bramhall author of THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN REFUGEE. |
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