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Final plug on Gulf oil leak at least days away
8/14/2010 12:10:07 PMAP – National Incident Commander Thad Allen, left, speaks at a news conference next to a subsurface monitoring … Regrowth seen in Gulf's oiled marshes Video Link Barack Obama Video:Obama: The job's not done in the Gulf AP Video Link Barack Obama Video:This Week on 'Fox News Watch' FOX News By HARRY R. WEBER and TOM BREEN, Associated Press Writers Harry R. Weber And Tom Breen, Associated Press Writers – 21 mins agoNEW ORLEANS – The government's point man on the Gulf spill wants additional testing before he orders BP to finish drilling a relief well that will allow the oil giant to plug its runaway well for good. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told reporters on Saturday that it could be late Monday or early Tuesday before officials know the results of those tests. That means it would be Tuesday at the earliest before he gives his final order to proceed with the relief well, and next weekend at the earliest before the relief well intercepts the runaway well. Allen said the so-called bottom kill operation will be done as originally planned. With the bottom kill, engineers will pump in mud and cement to plug the well from below. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on FacebookSearch Google for this story. |
