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Description Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by drill ship Discoverer Enterprise May 16, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, in a process known as flaring. Gas and oil from the wellhead were being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe.
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Author PO3 Patrick Kelle

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