HOUSTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The rig drilling the relief well intended to permanently seal BP Plc's blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well has returned to the spill site, the company that owns the rig said on Saturday.
'As of our last report, the (Development Driller III) was back on BP's Macondo location,' Guy Cantwell, a spokesman for drilling contractor Transocean, said in an e-mail, referring the the ruptured BP Macondo well.
The rig had been moved out of the path of Tropical Storm Bonnie on Friday, but the storm has weakened considerably.
(Reporting by Anna Driver in Houston; Editing by Will Dunham) Keywords: OIL SPILL/TRANSOCEAN (anna.driver@thomsonreuters.com; 1 713 210 8509; Reuters Messaging: anna.driver.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'As of our last report, the (Development Driller III) was back on BP's Macondo location,' Guy Cantwell, a spokesman for drilling contractor Transocean, said in an e-mail, referring the the ruptured BP Macondo well.
The rig had been moved out of the path of Tropical Storm Bonnie on Friday, but the storm has weakened considerably.
(Reporting by Anna Driver in Houston; Editing by Will Dunham) Keywords: OIL SPILL/TRANSOCEAN (anna.driver@thomsonreuters.com; 1 713 210 8509; Reuters Messaging: anna.driver.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.