JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he's encouraged by a federal report that only about one-fourth of the spilled oil from a blown-out BP well still remains in the Gulf of Mexico.
Crews are working to permanently cap the well, which gushed oil into the Gulf for 85 days before a temporary cap was installed July 15.
Barbour told reporters Wednesday in Jackson that officials have seen a great reduction in the amount of oil approaching the state's barrier islands and the Mississippi Sound.
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