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Officials: Some Oil in US Spill Collected

   VOA News 06 June 2010
   US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen (r) and White House spokesman Robert
   Gibbs, 24 May 2010

Photo: AP

   US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen (r) and White House spokesman Robert
   Gibbs, 24 May 2010

   U.S.  officials say a cap placed over the gushing oil well in the Gulf
   of Mexico may be collecting about one-third of the flow of crude.
   Retired  Coast  Guard  Admiral  Thad  Allen,  who  is leading the U.S.
   government's  response,  says the cap collected about 6,000 barrels of
   oil  from  the  leaking well in the first 24 hours after it was put in
   place.   Energy  giant  BP,  which  is  responsible  for  the  spill,
   estimates  that roughly 19,000 barrels are escaping from the well each
   day.
   President  Barack  Obama  says  he  will do what he can to help people
   recover  from  losing  their  livelihoods in the disaster.  Mr. Obama
   visited  Louisiana  Friday for his third trip to the Gulf Coast region
   since the spill began in April.
   He has said despite some progress in containing the oil, the leak will
   not  stop  until BP finishes drilling relief wells, which are expected
   to be completed in August.
   Mr. Obama also says BP will pay "every single dime" owed to the people
   in  the  Gulf Coast region.  The government has sent BP a $69 million
   bill for costs relating to the spill to date.
   The  enormous spill has spread throughout the Gulf, covering birds and
   other  wildlife,  and  threatens  to  devastate  the  region's fishing
   industry.

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