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Sunday
Apr252010

Underwater oil leak off US coast

DateSunday, April 25, 2010 at 7:23PM

Oil leaks from a sunken drill pipe 5,000 ft beneath the ocean surface

Oil is leaking from a damaged well feeding a rig that sank off Louisiana on Thursday, in what US officials are calling "a very serious spill".

The well is estimated to be leaking at a rate of about 1,000 barrels (42,000 gallons) of oil per day.

Although the US coastguard said on Friday that no leak was detected, the latest evidence suggests a spill. Bad weather has hampered efforts to fix it.

More info at BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8642518.stm

 

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