BP/Gulf Oil Gusher Statement of Secretaries Salazar and Chu on the Permanent Plugging of Macondo Well by Gary Kopycinski on September 20, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in BP/Gulf Oil Gusher: Statement of Chris Canfield One Year After Deepwater Horizon Explosion April 20, 2011 Groups Tell Congress: Get Together and Get Gulf Restoration Done April 20, 2011 BP’s Criminal Negligence Exposed April 20, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2010. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued the following statement yesterday regarding the permanent plugging of BP’s Macondo well.