The Discoverer Enterprise, seen Saturday, 29 May 2010, at the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion 50 miles offshore from Louisisana, will be used to place the LMRP, or the blowout preventer with a cap attached to a riser tube that will suction oil from the well and feed it to a ship on the surface. This is also the ship with the insertion tube being used to capture oil from one of the leaks. JOHN MCCUSKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

By Joe Weisenthal and Gus Lubin | Jun. 1, 2010, 1:44 PM UPDATE II: BP spokesperson John Curry denied reports of any problems with the Lower Marine Rise Package, which begins drilling today. Reports that BP had canceled all rescue plans were based on a headline from Bloomberg: “Efforts to End Oil Flow From BP’s Leaking Well Are Over, Coast Guard Says.” While BP is ending efforts to halt the flow, it will continuing efforts to capture the flow. UPDATE: Reached by Business Insider, Coast Guard rep Elizabeth Bordelon denied rumors that it’s discontinuing attempts to attach a new blowout preventer and stem the flow. Meanwhile, the AP is also reporting the same thing, that Thad Allen called the process ongoing. We hope to have a definitive adjudication shortly.

BP denies rumors that it’s aborting latest attempt to plug leak