US Pressures Oil Company to Contain Spill
The US government increases pressure on British Petroleum to contain the oilspill triggered by the explosion of a platform operated by that company.
According to TV network CNN, federal authorities claim for better work by the corporation to repair the three holes leaking five thousand barrels of crude each day into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
National Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, demanded from the oil company to intensify work to contain the black tide which the eve arrived to the Louisiana coast.
Specialists estimate that due to difficulties to repair the damage at more than three thousand feet under the surface, the spill provokes the worst ecological disaster in US history.
The Deepwater platform sunk last week at about 46 miles off the Louisiana coast, after an explosion that caused the death of 11 workers from a fire that lasted two days.
La plataforma Deepwater se hundió la semana pasada a 75 kilómetros de Louisiana,
The British consortium is accused of a blunder in security norms, as in 2009 it affirmed that the effect on wild life in nearby beaches was almost impossible.
Before the evident errors, the White House revoked its recent permission to explore new coastal zones and announced the activities will be cancelled until it is discovered what happened at Deepwater.
According to TV network CNN, federal authorities claim for better work by the corporation to repair the three holes leaking five thousand barrels of crude each day into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
National Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, demanded from the oil company to intensify work to contain the black tide which the eve arrived to the Louisiana coast.
Specialists estimate that due to difficulties to repair the damage at more than three thousand feet under the surface, the spill provokes the worst ecological disaster in US history.
The Deepwater platform sunk last week at about 46 miles off the Louisiana coast, after an explosion that caused the death of 11 workers from a fire that lasted two days.
La plataforma Deepwater se hundió la semana pasada a 75 kilómetros de Louisiana,
The British consortium is accused of a blunder in security norms, as in 2009 it affirmed that the effect on wild life in nearby beaches was almost impossible.
Before the evident errors, the White House revoked its recent permission to explore new coastal zones and announced the activities will be cancelled until it is discovered what happened at Deepwater.
Source:
Prensa Latina
Date:
01/05/2010