Beyond plausible

3 May 2010 By Chris Hughes

The UK oil major is under attack from all sides over the horrendous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP may feel it can never win the PR war. But a more contrite tone, less talk of its overthetop response, and more explanation of its contingency planning, would help.

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BP has come under criticism in the United States over its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Ken Salazar, U.S. interior secretary, said on April 30 he had told officials from the UK oil major to "work harder and faster and smarter to get the job done".

BP is still trying to activate a socalled blowout preventer, a device to close the well, which failed when the disaster struck. Engineers are also preparing to lower a domelike cap to seal the well, while drilling a nearby relief well to ease the pressure on the flow. The relief well would take about 90 days to complete, the company has said.

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