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TechnoratiBP ordered to draft new oil well plan after seepage
The US government is ordering BP to submit an emergency plan for reopening its capped Gulf of Mexico oil well after experts detected seepage from the surrounding seabed.
Tensions emerged as the government's pointman told the British energy giant to report swiftly on a "detected seep" and "anomalies" near the well.
BP had earlier acknowledged some bubbles appeared near the wellhead but expressed optimism that the cap installed three days earlier could stay on.
US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said Sunday that BP must lay out its next steps in writing for "opening the choke valve as quickly as possible without damaging the well should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed."
Tests were still ongoing to confirm whether oil was seeping out.
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