Iran offers US help to combat oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
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Venice (Louisiana): The US government is forced to rely on BP plc and the private oil sector to try and plug the gushing Gulf of Mexico well because only they have the technical know-how to stop the spill at those depths, the US Coast Guard chief said on Sunday.
Admiral Thad Allen, who heads the oil spill response operation, also said he trusted BP chief executive Tony Hayward at a time when US government and public criticism of the company and its executives over the spill is mounting daily.
More than a month after a rig explosion triggered what president Barack Obama has described as an unprecedented environmental disaster, oil is still spewing unchecked from BP's ruptured well a mile (1.6km) below on the ocean floor.
Iran, a fierce critic of Washington, repeated an offer to assist with the Gulf spill, calling it no great challenge compared to what Iran itself had dealt with.
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