From AOL NEWS:
…Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal official in charge of responding to the worst environmental catastrophe in the nation’s history, said today a new containment cap and the deployment of another ship to collect oil could effectively contain the spill by Monday.
Allen said the new cap is expected to be tighter than the one now leaking oil. By fitting a better seal over the wellhead, crews will be able to collect more oil to be sent up to surface ships for collection or burning…
Meanwhile, drilling on a relief well is ahead of schedule, with the first of two relief wells within six feet of the side and 212 feet from the bottom of the blown-out well today…
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