Obama promises to help coastal communities recover, defends actions
GRAND ISLE, La. - Efforts to siphon off oil gushing from a ruptured deep-sea wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico were starting to work, U.S officials said Saturday, while President Barack Obama defended his handling of the environmental crisis.
The containment cap that British energy giant BP clamped over the ruptured wellhead collected about 6,000 barrels of oil on Friday, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said at a briefing in Theodore, Ala. He told reporters the effort was working "with caveats", although it was still only collecting part of the leak.
On its Twitter feed, BP said that "a total of 6,077 barrels of oil was collected" on June 4. "Improvement in oil collection is expected over the next several days," the company said.
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