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Green Marine

August 24, 2006 · about 20 years ago

BP fighting hurricane-related offshore oil leak

BP Plc is working to control an offshore oil well damaged by Hurricane Katrina nearly a year ago that continues to leak small amounts of crude, officials said on Wednesday. The well, 18 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Grand Isle 47 block, has released 93 barrels of oil since a platform collapse

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BP Plc is working to control an offshore oil well damaged by Hurricane Katrina nearly a year ago that continues to leak small amounts of crude, officials said on Wednesday. The well, 18 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Grand Isle 47 block, has released 93 barrels of oil since a platform collapsed during Katrina, a spokesman said.

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