BP cap captures '10,000 barrels' a day in US Gulf

Knock on wood, this might actually work.

The amount has risen since Saturday, and implies more than half the estimated 12,000 to 19,000 barrels leaking each day is now being captured.

The spill has been described as the biggest environmental disaster in US history.

Mr Hayward told the BBC that BP would restore the Gulf to its original state.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Hayward said: "As we speak, the containment cap is producing around 10,000 barrels of oil a day to the surface."

UPDATE: 10,500 Barrels Of Oil Collected From US Gulf Leak Sat

Looking better.