[Iran Press TV Latest] BP's plan to permanently stop the oil leakage of the Gulf of Mexico has been postponed to next week, US oil spill chief Thad Allen has said.
"So generally the next week will be preps, making sure everything is ready to go... and then the week of the first of August is when we will attempt to do the static kill and then move back and finish the bottom kill," Allen said.
He added that it was just an updated timeline provided by BP that had caused the delay, not any major force.
The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico started in April after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig caused the sinking of the facility. Eleven people died in the blast.
The well has poured millions of barrels of crude into the sea, creating the worst environmental disaster in the US history. |