The US Coast Guard has abandoned its search for eleven workers missing since last week’s Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster as efforts center around containing a major oil spill. The rig caught fire off the Louisiana coast Tuesday before sinking two days later. Around 1,000 barrels of oil are leaking into the Gulf each day. The rig’s operator, BP, says it could take up to three months to stop the spill. If the eleven missing workers are confirmed dead, it would be the deadliest US platform explosion in over forty years.