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NEW ORLEANS - Crews raced to protect the Gulf of Mexico coastline Monday as a remote sub tried to shut off an underwater oil well that's gushing 42,000 gallons per day from the site of a wrecked drilling platform.
If crews cannot stop the leak quickly, they might need to drill another well to redirect the oil, a laborious process that could take about two months while oil washes up along a broad stretch of shore, from the white-sand beaches of Florida's Panhandle to the swamps of Louisiana.See the full content of this document
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Oil Leak From Sunken Rig to Foul Coast?
The oil, which could reach shore in as little as three days, is escaping from two leaks in a drilling pipe about...
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