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Title: Crews May Set Fire to Burn off Leaked Gulf Oil
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ABC NEWS
URL Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10484959
Published: Apr 27, 2010
Author: ABC NEWS
Post Date: 2010-04-27 19:26:26 by Brian S
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Views: 407
Comments: 1
The Coast Guard says crews may set fires to burn off oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from a wrecked offshore drilling platform. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry says the burn would be done far offshore and could happen as soon as Wednesday. She says efforts have failed to shut off the flow nearly 5,000 feet below where the rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank last week. Robot subs are still working on it. The oil would be trapped in special containment booms and set on fire. A similar burn off the coast of Newfoundland in 1993 eliminated 50 to 99 percent of captured oil. The oil is now about 20 miles off the coast of Venice, La., the closest it's been to land. But it's still not expected to reach the coast before Friday, if at all.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Spill baby spill! The governor of Virginia picked a really bad week to tout his support for off-shore oil drilling off our coast. ------- Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
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