A vessel passes through oil on the surface of the water around the near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. BP Plc has given up trying to plug its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico any sooner than August, laying out a series of steps to pipe the oil to the surface and ship it ashore for refining, said Thad Allen, the U.S. government's national commander for the incident. Photographer: Derick E. Hingle
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