Coast Guard tells BP to speed up containment pace

Coast Guard tells BP to speed up containment pace
AP

By JAY REEVES and RAY HENRY, Associated Press Writers Jay Reeves And Ray Henry, Associated Press Writers – 16 mins ago


ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – The federal government has given BP until the end of the weekend to find ways to speed up efforts to contain huge amounts of oil gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a letter released Saturday, as large globs of brown crude coated Alabama's white sand beaches.

Coast Guard Rear Adm. James A. Watson sent a letter to BP officials on Friday expressing frustration with the overall pace of the effort and ordered the company to identify ways to expedite the process in the coming says.

"Recognizing the complexity of this challenge, every effort must be expended to speed up the process," Watson wrote in the letter, sent to Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer.

BP has struggled with several efforts to contain the oil. The latest cap installed on the blown-out well is capturing about 650,000 gallons of oil a day, but large quantities are still spilling into the sea.


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gas I put in my tank like these fuckers estimate their leak.