Tuesday, Adm. Thad Allen from the Coast Guard said that a newly installed oil spill containment cap is working and is limiting the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. Allen said Tuesday that over 14,800 barrels of oil were stopped from leaking into the ocean over the last 24 hours, and that the amount is climbing steadily each day since the containment cap was put into place on Friday.
BP is also currently assessing how they are handling claims from people hurt who’ve been financially hurt by the oil spill. This comes after President Obama said Monday that he doesn’t want BP nickeling and diming the people who live along the shoreline and make their living there.
Allen said that the government will assess "to see if we need to provide any oversight." He also said that BP is struggling to handle claims from fisherman.
"I have never said this is going well. We're throwing everything at it that we've got," he said. "I've said time and time again that nothing good happens when oil is on the water." He called the accident a "catastrophe" for the region.
See the video below for the Adm. Thad Allen’s press conference on Monday.
Friday, Obama cancelled his business trip to Asia and headed back down to the Gulf Coast. Thursday night, Obama told Larry King that he was "furious with the entire situation." For more on that story, click here.
To see incredible photos of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, click here.
To see photos taken recently of the oil spill that hit the Louisiana coastline and the wildlife it has affected, click here.
Recently, BP approved 6 machines from Kevin Costner that they will test that recycle water. For more on that story, click here.
Recently, a new video of the gushing oil had many of the investigative teams calling BP untrustworthy because more oil was leaking from the well then they originally claimed. For more on that story, click here.
Kevin Coburn from Salt Lake City said that he wished there was something he could do to help with the wild life in the Louisiana area. “I watched a video of the first few birds covered in oil that were found along the Louisiana coast. There will no doubt be tens of thousands more.”
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Source: The Associated Press and CNN
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