Officials contain oil, natural gas spill at well off Louisiana gulf coast

NEW ORLEANS — A team of national and state officials on Monday successfully contained an oil and natural gas spill at a well off the Louisiana gulf coast.The Unified Command, consisting of the Coast Guard and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, said they cut off the flange of the discharging head at Well 59 near Garden Island Bay around noon. The containment of the spill comes a little more than a week after the spill was first reported on April 26.After the flow of the well