Feds, oil firms exploring new idea to capture oil

NEW ORLEANS — Government and industry leaders are exploring a new way to capture oil gushing from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Tuesday they’re looking into whether pipelines could be extended from the leaking well to several production platforms elsewhere in the Gulf where the flow could be captured or sent down to a different reservoir…

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