Gulf Well Cap Remains Shut, Despite Seeps
95 views · Published 21 July 2010 · 2:26 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2010 · News & Politics
The head of the US federal response team Monday authorized BP to keep a new cap on the well closed, as monitoring continues to see if pressure from the cap is causing new leaks. Meantime, the man tasked with dispensing a 20 billion dollar victims' compensation fund says he will be more generous than any court. VOA's Laurel Bowman has the latest.