WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2010. National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today provided an update on the federal government’s aggressive skimming strategy—specifically addressing efforts to surge skimmers to the Gulf of Mexico that will continue to increase the amount of oily water that can be collected from the surface of the water.
Admiral Allen announced that efforts to bring more skimmers to bear on BP’s leaking oil at the beginning of June. Since then, skimming capability in…






