BP’s Cap Is Recovering Gulf Oil, May Get 90% of Leak |
BusinessWeek - Jun 4, 2010 |
BP Plc said its effort to divert oil leaking from its Gulf of Mexico well to a ship on the surface is working, with a goal of capturing more than 90 percent of the spill.
Recovery of oil aboard the drillship began about midnight and may have reached a rate of 1,000 barrels a day, based on a BP estimate, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said today during a conference call with reporters.
Government scientists had estimated the well was leaking 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil a day, a figure that may have increased as much as 20 percent after London-based BP yesterday cut away a kinked riser pipe to install the cap.
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- Posted: 2010-06-04 10:13:47
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