Secretary Salazar said that it will take 90 days before relief oil well is completed to stop leak.

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BBC is reporting that Interior Secretary Salazar said that it will take 90 days before relief oil well is completed to stop leak.

BBC's map of spill as of May 2



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8656627.stm

Relief well for Gulf spill may take 90 days-Salazar

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Sunday said it could be 90 days before a relief well is completed to address the Gulf oil spill.

"You're looking at potentially 90 days before you ultimately get to what is the ultimate solution here and that's a relief well," Salazar said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://in.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idINN0213097920100502

So today we’re announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration, but in ways that balance the need to harness domestic energy resources and the need to protect America’s natural resources. Under the leadership of Secretary Salazar, we’ll employ new technologies that reduce the impact of oil exploration. We’ll protect areas that are vital to tourism, the environment, and our national security. And we’ll be guided not by political ideology, but by scientific evidence.

That's why my administration will consider potential areas for development in the mid and south Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, while studying and protecting sensitive areas in the Arctic. That’s why we’ll continue to support development of leased areas off the North Slope of Alaska, while protecting Alaska’s Bristol Bay.

Barack Obama
March 31, 2010

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-energy-security-andrews-air-force-base-3312010