BP Cap

The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico has been a very environmentally threatening situation. As of Saturday, June 5, 2010, BP had put into place a cap which would surface the oil, making it easier to contain and clean up. When the process had first began BP had said that results will improve over the course of the next few days. As of now, we can see some improvement; the capping mechanism is collecting a little over half of the 12,000-19,000 barrels leaking out each day. BP has said they are now surfacing 10,000 barrels a day. This is a great improvement from where we were a week ago with this situation, however the effects remain catastrophic. BP has claimed that they will be continuing to resolve this problem, and they guarantee the restoration of the Gulf as it was before the event. I am personally curious as to how quickly they plan to restore this devastated area.

Posted by: Shane Dare