Tuesday, June 29, 2010

BP (NYSE:BP) Halts Skimmers Ships on Bad Weather

Oil skimmers were stopped by BP (NYSE:BP) and sent to share as bad weather from Tropical Storm Alex sends strong winds and high waves to the oil spill region.

BP has stated the storm could hinder operations and keep their effort to install a third oil-capture system on hold, which would bring the amount of oil collected on a daily basis to over 50,000 barrels.

Waves have been as high as 12 feet in a number of places in the Gulf, along with 25 mph winds.

One of the managers of the skimming operations for BP, Wayne Hebert, said there is no way of knowing when the skimming work will resume, as it's completely dependent upon weather conditions.

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