Weather again complicates Macondo effort

摘要

Houston-With fears of tropical weather stirring again in the Gulf of Mexico, BP and US government technical teams began focusing July 21 on options for an evacuation of their Macondo response effort that could last as long as two weeks. The key decision would revolve around preparations for abandoning the Macondo wellhead itself during what could be a three-to-four day interval without surveillance, US National Incident Commander Thad Allen said during a hastily called press briefing from Washington.