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RE: Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Crater Plume Gassing

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Oil slick engineers suffer major setback

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A first try at capping a ruptured pipe gushing oil deep in the Gulf of Mexico failed when ice crystals clogged a dome seen as the best hope of staving off a massive environmental disaster.
Officials said they have not yet given up hope of capping the leaks some 5,000 feet below the surface which are haemorrhaging an estimated 210,000 barrels a day.
But they cautioned it will likely be several days before a solution is found.
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Deepwater Horizon oil rig still on fire after huge explosion

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Giant underwater dome to stop oil spill after Deepwater Horizon rig blows

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BP was fighting to save its reputation in the US, insisting the response effort was "the largest ever mobilised anywhere in the world".
The British oil and gas group, still bitterly remembered for the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 and for environmentally damaging pipeline leaks in Alaska, is reaching out to Louisiana communities, establishing town hall meetings and places for volunteers to enrol. It is also working with the local shipping community to make sure as many vessels as possible are available to help with the response effort.

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Date: Jun 4 10:29 2009

Energy giant BP Plc indicated some progress on Monday toward capping the underwater well that ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico almost two weeks ago, pushing a giant oil slick toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The British company has been working to plug a leak nearly a mile under the surface of the ocean, under pressure from the U.S. government to try to limit a looming environmental and economic disaster to prized fishing, environmental and recreational areas.

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-- Edited by Blobrana on Monday 3rd of May 2010 11:19:09 PM