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Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said Monday that the Gulf of Mexico disaster “will be one of the most significant spills in U.S. history” if the well is not secured.
She also stated that the 100 mile by 45 mile slick could reach land by the weekend.
No one knows for sure when or if the crude will hit the Gulf Coast but it has moved to within 20 miles of Louisiana. It could even cover the white sandy beaches of Pensacola, Florida.
42,000 gallons of oil continue to leak per day from the Macondo well 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf resulting from the Transocean Deepwater Horizon platform sinking of April 22.
B.P., the rig’s operator, is mobilizing equipment to drill a relief well on Mississippi Canyon Block 252 and inject heavy fluids to stop the flow.
11 workers were killed and 17 injured from the platform explosion last week.
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
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