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

"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.

See Also:

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

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

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

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/03/2010