Okay it's not that dramatic but this is the first good (relatively speaking) bit of news I've seen in over a week.
MOBILE, Ala. -- BP has significantly cut the flow of oil leaking from its damaged Deepwater Horizon rig on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor, a company spokesman said this morning.
Jeff Childs, a deputy incident commander for BP, said in a briefing with Alabama officials that the company successfully shut a set of hydraulic shears known as annular rams, helping to clamp the ruptured pipe and block the leaking oil.
"We've significantly cut the flow through the pipe," Childs said at the Mobile briefing hosted by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa
Keep in mind the immediate sources of information are Richard Shelby and guy from BP so it's not out of the realm of possibility that this news won't be adjusted worse-wards in the coming hours. But still I'll take it.
UPDATE: Reports from this afternoon's press conference indicate that Childs and Shelby are in fact full of shit. If you're pulling your hair out by this point you may want to consider donating. (See above post)
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