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BP Works To "Cut and Cap" as Oil Spreads on Gulf Shore [1]

"BP's plan to contain the oil and natural gas escaping from a blown out well in the Gulf of Mexico hit a snag and was suspended just after midnight, Wednesday morning, when the saw being used in the operation became stuck in a pipe."

Jaquetta White reports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune June 2, 2010.
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See Also:

"Once Again, BP Experiment in Gulf Spill Hits Snag" (AP) [3]

"BP Seeks Yet Another Way To Stop Oil Leak as Protests Loom" (CNN Wire) [4]

"Oil Arrival Puts Alabama Island on Spill Frontline" (Reuters) [5]

Disasters [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Public [8]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [2], 06/03/2010
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