US President Barack Obama on Saturday vowed to fight alongside communities hurt by the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico until the crisis and its aftermath have been resolved, even as BP continues with lower marine riser package (LMRP) oil spill solution to plug the leak.

In his weekly radio address from Grand Isle, Louisiana, a community hit worst by the spill, Obama pledged ongoing attention to the disaster.

“So we will continue to leverage every resource at our disposal to protect coastlines, to clean up the oil, to hold BP and other companies accountable for damages,” he said.

Obama, who was in Louisiana on Friday for his third trip to the region since the spill began, also promised to do all he could “to begin to restore the bounty and beauty of this region — and to aid the hardworking people of the Gulf as they rebuild their businesses and communities”.

As Obama promised assistance, oil spill-stricken Gulf of Mexico residents anxiously awaited news about BP’s latest effort to contain the massive leak, now the worst environmental disaster in US history.

According to BP, it is expected to take one or more days for flow rates of oil and gas to stabilise and it is not possible at this stage to estimate how much oil and gas will be captured by this oil spill containment system.

This particular oil spill solution has never been tried before in depths of 5,000 below water and so therefore, there is no assurance that this will work.

The beleaguered company hopes this latest effort – after a string of repeated failures – will result in the majority of the still-gushing oil being siphoned to tanker ships on the surface within several days.

A containment device placed over a leaking well-pipe captured 6,000 barrels of crude in the first 24-hour cycle and the amount contained will “hopefully” increase soon, said retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the official overseeing the response to the oil spill.

In his recent comments, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said the containment cap should capture some 90 per cent of the gushing oil.

As the first tar balls from the massive oil plume began reaching shore along the Florida panhandle, the disaster continued to wash over BP from different fronts.

Standard and Poor’s joined other rating agencies that earlier this week downgraded BP debt, while protesters in some US cities have started to take out their frustration by vandalising BP gas stations.

As stock markets dipped sharply Friday in response to tepid job-creation numbers, BP shares closed more than 5 per cent lower, losing USD 2.11 to finish the session at USD 37.

BP shares are plummeting as rising costs of oil spill claims continues.

As of the latest BP oil spill live feed, BP revealed that oil and gas is being received onboard the Discoverer Enterprise following the successful placement of a containment cap on top of the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP).

This follows the cutting and removal of the riser pipe from the top of the BOP’s LMRP package.

After several failed attempts to seal off the oil gusher, a new plan to detonate a nuke was suggested by a group of scientists spearheaded by energy expert Matt Simons.

This came after the problem with the containment system was announced.

The scientist claims that the Russians used this unimaginable technique to seal their oil well during 1966.

However, this is yet to be confirmed.

Several group of legislature and scientists alike denounced this suggestion saying this could do more harm than good.

The radioactive fallout could literally destroy the ecology of the whole Gulf and could spread even further.

Even worsen, the scenario and the whole oil reserve could be released by this explosion, they said.

Meanwhile, BP confirmed that they have successfully completed their Top Hat procedure and the LMRP is now working properly and as planned.

However, four vents are still open as they are still adjusting the containment cap.

This new measure that BP is already undertaking does not necessarily guarantee any success because system like LMRP containment, as confirmed by experts, have never before been tested at 5,000 feet.

BP also mentioned that they are expecting atleast one or two days for the flow of oil to stabilise but they are still unsure as to how much can this containment could hold.

Water pressure would play a big role that could make or break this new procedure.

Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) cap containment system is an expensive procedure which would still not assure 100 per cent success.

The aim of this LMRP is not to stop the leak but to contain the oil that is leaking and decrease the amount of oil spill before the completion of the new tubing “top hat” that would finally seal and eventually stop the oil gusher.

Based on the latest statement by BP, they have already involved some 1,600 vessels including skimmers, tugs and barges to complete the cleanup operations.

Furthermore, BP has agreed as stated in their latest statement to initiate the construction of six section of Louisiana Barrier costing USD 360 million.

It also provided additional USD 170 million to the affected regions to help in the recovery process.