GULF OF MEXICO - Crews work to monitor and clean up oil and maintain media relations in Grand Isle, La., as part of the Deepwater Horizon Response May 27, 2010.
Thursday's operations consist of placing deflective booms in Barataria Bay, La., to prevent oil from coming ashore. Lt. j.g. Michelle Curry, U.S. Coast Guard, and Randall Kenny, BP, hold media brief concerning ongoing operations in the Grand Isle and Port Fourchon, La., areas while crews work to clean up oil along the beaches.