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Containment cap placed on BP well -US Coast Guard

WASHINGTON, June 3 | Thu Jun 3, 2010 11:38pm EDT

WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) has placed a containment cap atop the damaged undersea well that has been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico since April, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement on Thursday night.

"The placement of the containment cap is another positive development in BP's most recent attempt to contain the leak. However, it will be some time before we can confirm that this method will work and to what extent it will mitigate the release of oil into the environment," Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said in the statement, according to CNN.

"Even if successful, this is only a temporary and partial fix and we must continue our aggressive response, operations at the source, on the surface and along the Gulf's precious coastline," he added, according to CNN.

Earlier, live television pictures showed the cylindrical device being placed on top of the crippled wellhead assembly as oil and gas continued to billow up.

(Reporting by Eric Walsh, editing by Will Dunham)

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burf wrote:
Let’s hope this controls the flow significantly, and the Earth can start healing.

Jun 03, 2010 12:16am EDT  --  Report as abuse
tenexe wrote:
All Hail Obama. I just wanted to be the first to give the President all the credit. Thankfully his decisive handling of this situation turned the tide on this tragedy. Especially when he brought in the big guns like Eric (I actually never read the law)Holder, and Janet (I think I had waffles for breakfast) Nepalitano. I can’t wait for the slobbering to begin with the mainstream media. It will be a lovefest that will make the sexual revolution of the 60’s look like a convention of Baptists.

Jun 03, 2010 12:16am EDT  --  Report as abuse
btrask3 wrote:
Great… that does it… it’s fixed.

Now let us get back to REAL energy reform… we must stop buying oil from our enemies and begin to…
DRILL BABY DRILL!

Jun 03, 2010 12:28am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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