July 31, 2010

Salazar Tours Rigs, Keeps Drill Ban

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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico - with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface - when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football

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