US Accepts Gulf Oil Spill Aid From 12 Countries

29th Jun 2010 00:00

NEW ORLEANS (AFP)--The United States will accept offers from 12 foreign countries to help clean up and contain the BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said on Tuesday. "The United States will accept 22 offers of assistance from 12 countries and international bodies, including two high speed skimmers and fire containment boom from Japan," the U.S. State Department statement said in a statement. "We are currently working out the particular modalities of delivering the offered assistance," it said, adding that details would be "forthcoming once these arrangements are complete." (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 29, 2010 19:00 ET (23:00 GMT)