Steven Chu, the US Energy Secretary, has taken a surprisingly large role in directing the containment of the BP oil spill. A Nobel prize winner in Physics, Dr. Chu has little experience in geology or oil wells. Yet he has had considerable influence on the progressions of the spill relief effort. He ordered the stop of the "top kill" effort and, on Tuesday, ordered BP officials to delay pressure testing on the well by 24 hours.
His team of government scientist have been working in conjunction with and often in disagreement with BP engineers in these months of the disaster. The jockeying for influence in decisions on both sides have been under scrutiny by the public and even Dr. Chu is willing to admit that some decisions haven't been perfect, but he emphasizes that the current efforts and decisions what matters and that things are indeed looking better in the Gulf... although at this point they'd better be.
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