Gulf of Mexico

Support vessels surround the Q4000, left, in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform operated briefly Thursday during a testing problem, but it stopped collecting and burning off oil from BP's leaking well after the well was sealed for the first time since the disaster began in April.
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( Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / July 15, 2010 )

Support vessels surround the Q4000, left, in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform operated briefly Thursday during a testing problem, but it stopped collecting and burning off oil from BP's leaking well after the well was sealed for the first time since the disaster began in April.

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