By Kimberly McMillian
Correspondent
DAYTON, Tenn. – A local company that has made 300 tons of fiber to mop up oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico is seeing its contract winding down.
“They’ve told us to continue through August,” said Ian Petrie, vice president of sales for TenCate Grass North America. The plant specializes in synthetic grass products used in residential and commercial areas.
The BP undersea oil well that blew out in April, releasing about 172 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been plugged and the leak contained, government officials said this week.