Admiral Thad Allen (Uscg), National Incident Commander, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Holds a News Conference
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Admiral Thad Allen (Uscg), National Incident Commander, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Holds a News Conference
ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN (USCG), NATIONAL INCIDENT COMMANDER, GULF COAST OIL SPILL, HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE
JUNE 5, 2010SPEAKER: ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN (USCG), NATIONAL INCIDENT COMMANDER, GULF COAST OIL SPILL[*] (JOINED IN PROGRESS)ALLEN: ... to make sure they don't form, and slowly lowering the pressure on the nitrogen cap so the oil comes up and they can begin production. In the first full 24-hour cycle, yesterday as they bring the production level up, they were able to bring up and produce 6,000 barrels of oil from the well.The goal is to continue that production and raise it up, and hopefully take the pressure off the well and hopefully start to reduce the oil that is coming out the vents to make sure the oil had a place to go while they were increasing production. I can answer any questions you might have about that.In general the southerly winds and actually from t...See the full content of this document
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