Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Capping Stack Successfully Removed National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen released the following statement on the successful removal of the capping stack: “Under the direction of the federal science team and U.S. government engineers, BP has completed the capping stack removal procedure – an[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2010 “Under the direction of the federal science team and U.S. government engineers, BP has completed the capping stack removal procedure – an important step in the process to remove and preserve the damaged BOP. This procedure was undertaken in accordance with specific conditions I set forth[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2010.  NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,130 square miles of Gulf waters stretching from the far eastern coast of Louisiana, through Mississippi, Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Provides an Update on the Impacts of Severe Weather on the Response After a private meeting and a tour of the Plaquemines Parish marsh, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser provided a briefing to inform[Read More…]

GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2010 – 12:00 p.m. CDT The additions that are italicized below are being included at the request of Adm. Allen to further clarify and respond to questions raised during the teleconference. Q.  What were the organizations and contractors involved in the fishing operations?A. BP, Schlumberger, Ltd., Transocean, Ltd., Cameron Corp., and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS  Admiral Allen Directs BP to Terminate the Fishing Procedure and Begin Removal of the Capping Stack and BOP National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen provided a briefing to inform the American public and answer questions on the administration-wide response to the BP oil[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010.  National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today authorized BP to terminate the fishing procedure and begin the removal of the capping stack followed by the BOP, including the specific conditions required for the removals to take place. The directive can be viewed here.   Source: deepwaterhorizonresponse.com

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010.   While responding to Trip Hannah’s question “we couldn’t really make out whether that was hydrate build up that it was sitting on or if that was cement. I was wondering if you had – excuse me if you had any ideas about what that material is[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010 – 10 a.m. EDT Kevin Griffis:    Great, thank you.  Thank you, everyone, for joining us today.  This is Kevin Griffis with the Department of Commerce, and I’m joined today by Jane Lubchenco, the undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere.  She is going to announce today[Read More…]

THEODORE, AL–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010.  As part of its long term monitoring and research program in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is deploying a new technology that will enable nearly constant monitoring by two satellite-controlled, unmanned vehicles. The vehicles, known as Wave Gliders and developed by Liquid Robotics in Silicon Valley,[Read More…]