Thad Allen

“the amount of oil captured from the leaking well could almost double by next week”

“the containment operation was now catching up to 630,000 gallons (2,864,037 litres) daily”

“he hoped the existing containment structure would soon be able to hold 1.17 million gallons per day”

“We're only at 15 [15,000 barrels] now and we'll be at 28 [28,000 barrels] next week”