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the riot act
18th July 2010, 07:56 PM
So I'm eating my hat, at least it has a limey taste! ;D

Seepage Detected Near Blown - Out BP Well

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/07/18/news/news-us-oil-spill.html?_r=1&hp

Filed at 9:21 p.m. ET

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. oil spill official on Sunday directed BP Plc to submit a plan for reopening its capped Macondo well to flow into the ocean after engineers detected seepage on the ocean floor near the well.

"I direct you to provide me with a written procedure for opening the choke valve as quickly as possible ... should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed," retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen wrote in a letter to BP chief managing director Bob Dudley.