Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Senior Administration Officials Meet with BP Executives at the White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner, White House Counsel Robert Bauer, and National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen and other senior administration[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2010. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner, White House Counsel Robert Bauer, and National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, joined by other senior administration officials, met with BP executives Bob Dudley and Lamar McKay this afternoon to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2010 – 9 AM EDT Thad Allen: Thanks. Good morning, everyone.  As you know at the end of last week, we successfully cemented in the well from the top down.  There were pressure tests conducted at the end of last week to make sure we had integrity[Read More…]

HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2010.  BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control The MC252 well has been shut-in since July 15; there is currently no oil flowing into the Gulf. BP continues to work with[Read More…]

HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2010.  BP announced today that it has established a trust and made a $3 billion initial deposit of the previously-announced $20 billion escrow account to pay legitimate claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon incident and the resulting oil and gas spill. “The purpose of the escrow account was[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Secretary Mabus Holds Town Hall Meetings in Mississippi Continuing his fourth trip to the Gulf Coast, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus hosted two town hall meetings—in Bay St. Louis and Ocean Springs, Mississippi—part of a weeklong series of meetings held throughout the Gulf Coast.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Provides an Update on the BP Oil Spill Response 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 spill. Admiral Allen reiterated the Administration’s commitment[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010 – 12 p.m. EDT Thad Allen: Thank you, Jeff, and good afternoon, folks.  A couple of updates, and we’ll be glad to go to questions.  As you know we completed cementing the well from the top.  Over the last 24 hours, several things have occurred.  They’ve[Read More…]

NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010.  BP announced today the appointment of Mike Utsler as BP’s lead representative in the Unified Area Command (UAC) here and as chief operating officer for the BP Gulf Coast Restoration Organization. Utsler, who has served as BP’s commander in the Houma incident command post since April,[Read More…]

GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2010 – 11:00 a.m. CDT Thad Allen: Good afternoon. I’d like to provide you a couple updates and then we’ll take whatever questions you have and then go to the phones. We spent yesterday down in Houston with the government science team led by Secretary of Energy[Read More…]