Oil spill, BP resumed operations after test

9 hours 25 minutes The new containment dome positioned by BP at an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has resumed after a draw in the raw pressure testing, but can not completely stop the leak until a pit is not the secondary intercept, as reported by official U.S. government that monitors operations to repair the leak. Continue reading this article the former Coast Guard admiral Thed Allen said the new dome could block the escape, but that BP is continuing to use a system that provides for the use of four ships aspiring raw surface after completed a test of pressure. "We could close the whole well, a possibility and we would consider," said Allen. Among the more recent attempts to capture the leaking oil, BP has installed a sort of cap Well on Monday and started to close a series of valves, having received the authorization to proceed by the U.S. government, which delayed the plan for 24 hours for fear that the process could damage the shaft beyond repair 's pressure. Activation of the cap a crucial step towards a capture system with several boats in hurricane-proof surface, which could collect 80 thousand barrels per day (12.7 million liters). A quantitative theory more than enough to capture all spillage, which is estimated to range between 35 thousand and 60 thousand barrels per day. A loss today repaired a pipeline connected to one of the two valves of the apparatus of a recovery of recent difficulties faced BP, which saw its market share fall and its reputation in difficulty since the April 20 explosion of a platform killed 11 workers and has launched to spill into the sea, which released millions of gallons of crude oil. BP, ended up in the sights of U.S. regulators because of the disaster, could be banned from the allocation of new concessions for the exploration of new ways of extracting oil and gas for more seven years, as specified by a bill through Congress. - On other news site www.reuters.it Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia