Retired Admiral Thad Allen, national incident commander for the Gulf oil spill, speaks to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling about BP’s inability to effectively reach out to Gulf Coast victims in the wake of the spill. (0:52)
BP Oil Spill, thad allen in Audio Retired Admiral Thad Allen, national incident commander for the Gulf oil spill, speaks to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling about what caused the spill, what was done, and what needs to change. (0:31)
BP Oil Spill, thad allen in Audio Retired Admiral Thad Allen, national incident commander for the Gulf oil spill, speaks to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling about what caused the spill, what was done, and what needs to change. (0:32)
BP Oil Spill, thad allen in Audio Retired Admiral Thad Allen, national incident commander for the Gulf oil spill, speaks to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling about what caused the spill, what was done, and what needs to change. (0:32)
Gulf Oil Spill, thad allen in Audio National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen tells reporters in a conference call, Friday, that despite pressure test results showing a possible situation in which conducting a bottom kill could endanger the well’s integrity, BP officials would be “delighted” to show that they could, “drill down over 17,00 feet below sea level and hit a 7-inch pipe.” (0:29)
BP, deepwater horizon, relief well, thad allen in Audio National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen discusses the difficulties that lie ahead in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response. Namely, the Vessels of Opportunity program, which Allen calls a “water-borne militia,” and it’s need for improved “management, command, control, and coordination.” (0:33)
The administration’s point man on the BP-Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, tells a White House press conference Wednesday that, although the static kill is a “very important step,” the Macondo well kill will not be complete until BP has effectively conducted the bottom kill procedure once the relief wells have been finished. (0:22)
BP, Static Kill, bottom kill, deepwater horizon, relief well, thad allen in Audio The federal government’s point-man in the effort to stop the Gulf oil spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, previews today’s static kill manuever.
BP, Static Kill, oil spill, thad allen in Audio The federal government’s point-man on the effort to stop the Gulf oil spill, Coast Guard Ret. Adm. Thad Allen, outlines how exactly the “static kill” manuever will work.
BP, Gulf Oil Spill, Static Kill, oil spill, thad allen in Audio During a briefing on progress made regarding the BP oil spill cleanup progress in the Gulf of Mexico, National Incident Commander Coast Guard Admiral, Thad Allen, stressed that cleanup crews are determined to see the BP oil spill through to the finish, and that the beaches affected will be cleaned. (0:23)
During a briefing on the cleanup progress in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP spill, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen said that the relief well is “our greatest concern,” due to some debris discovered in it. Allen said that the issue could delay the planned static kill of the Deepwater Horizon well. (0:33)
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