BP Plc’s effort to permanently plug the Gulf of Mexico well that caused the largest U.S. offshore oil spill may resume tomorrow, National Incident Commander Thad Allen said.
Removal and replacement of the blowout preventer, a stack of valves atop the well, may begin within 36 hours depending on weather conditions, Allen said today at a press conference in Houston. The work has been stalled since Aug. 30 by rough seas. via businessweek
It will come as little surprise to newspaper readers and television watchers, but BP significantly increased its spending on advertising after the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
BP spent $93.4 million on newspaper, magazine, television and Internet advertising in the three months following the disaster, three times what it spent in the comparable period in 2009, the company reported to Congress.