It has been stated over and over that Admiral Allen is in control of the circumstances surrounding the BP damage to the USA coast.
...“We’re working very closely with British Petroleum,” he said. “BP laid out and we’ve approved where they are headed right now to bring in needed capacity. And under the current containment cap that sits on the well head by bringing additional vessels in and being able to draw oil off the choke and the kill lines and produce that on the surface, we expect to get to a capacity of around 53,000 barrels a day by the end of June.”...
Admiral Than Allen
Short of seeking a subterrainian explosion of the oil well, I don't know anything that was not done by this Admiral of the USA Coast Guard.
He was more than a valuable asset for the USA during the response to Hurricane Katrina emergency and he is proving to be a leader that can get the job done with the Gulf Oil disaster.
I sincerely believe the USA legislature owes Admiral Allen an apology for allowing such 'runaway' incidents the potential to occur. One thing is true of the USA military, they respond to the needs of their country, and on a rare occassion are they asked what needs to be done to avert multi-billion dollar costs to the nation.
The response by the USA military was 'spot on.' They did nothing wrong and as soon as it was preceived to be an incident of national security, the military was taking action to secure the nation. As the website at the title to this entry shows, the Coast Guard has anticipated every adverse outcome including hurricane impacts on the very unstable oil rupture in the Gulf of Mexico.
I thank Admiral Allen for a dedicated and life long service to his country and spotless response to the Gulf Crisis.
Allen: Progress being made on containment
By Curt Chapman
Staff Writer
(Created: Saturday, June 19, 2010 4:05 PM CDT)
FAIRHOPE, Ala. — National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said Thursday that BP continues making progress in its effort to contain oil rushing from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, where the Deepwater Horizon platform exploded and sank in late April. Discussing meetings he and Obama administration officials held with oil company executives, Allen said recovery capacity is increasing.
“As of (Wednesday), we have the added capacity now what we call the Q4000 mobile drilling units on scene. It is actually drawing oil up through the kill pipe. That’s where we actually sent the mud down during the top kill operation. We’re actually using that as a way to evacuate more oil out in addition to what’s being produced by the Discover Enterprise.
Allen said once both resources are fully operational, crews could potentially bring up as much as 28,000 barrels a day. He noted the rates will be brought up slowly to make sure the pressure can be controlled, but added it won’t stop there.
He said, “We’ll look at, further down the line, the ability to actually transfer that oil ashore and actually offload it. But for now, it’s giving us several thousand more barrels a day capacity and that’s several thousand barrels a day that’s not going into the environment.
Allen said BP has been ordered to increase redundancy and capacity of the containment operations....
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