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Tropical System Disrupts Work at Oil Spill Site July 22, 2010 - A tropical depression in the Caribbean has brought work to a halt at the Gulf of Mexico oil spill site. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said that work on the relief well was suspended and, he said, the cap that has been keeping oil from gushing out of the well since last week may have to be reopened. Boat captains who have been helping with clean-up efforts say they’ve been told to head back to port and much of the boom deployed to protect the beach and coastal wetlands has been removed ahead of the storm. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say the system will most likely move into the southern Gulf over the weekend.
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