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Officials to update on stalled effort to kill oil well

CNN -- (CNN) -- Thad Allen, the government's point man on the BP oil disaster, and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser will meet Tuesday before briefing the public on the cleanup effort.

The effort to permanently kill the ruptured oil well deep in the Gulf of Mexico has stalled because of turbulent seas.

Officials had planned to detach a device called a blowout preventer from the well and replace it with a new one, a procedure aimed at paving the way for a permanent fix for the well.

BP annouced the postponement of the procedure on its Twitter page Monday.

"Operations will commence as soon as sea states reach acceptable levels," the company said.

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Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:11,808 Points:1,661,385 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 9:16:40 PM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse Why is Billy Nonguesser even in the picture? He's nothing more than a fat, loud mouth politician riding the political bandwagon of criticism.
ncomet1 Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,289 Points:408,780 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 11:44:09 AM Ignore ncomet1 Report Abuse About time they (BP) is concerned with safety. I hope that when they do replace the valve that everything goes good and safely.
JimTee Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,322 Points:1,191,700 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 9:11:27 AM Ignore JimTee Report Abuse It's good to see that they are doing the right thing. Safety matters, hopefully a lesson learned by BP.
ENORMS Champion Author Colorado Posts:3,014 Points:1,174,060 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 7:05:32 AM Ignore ENORMS Report Abuse Good Luck to them!!
BMW2014 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,794 Points:364,300 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 5:42:58 AM Ignore BMW2014 Report Abuse Safety saves. Safety first.