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Crewmen aboard the motor vessel Joe Griffin look on as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 lowers a pollution containment chamber, Gulf of Mexico, May 6, 2010. The chamber was designed to cap the oil discharge that was a result of the Deepwater Horizon incident.

Crewmen aboard the motor vessel Joe Griffin look on as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 lowers a pollution containment chamber, Gulf of Mexico, May 6, 2010. The chamber was designed to cap the oil discharge that was a result of the Deepwater Horizon incident.

Crewmen aboard the motor vessel Joe Griffin look on as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 lowers a pollution containment chamber, Gulf of Mexico, May 6, 2010. The chamber was designed to cap the oil discharge that was a result of the Deepwater Horizon incident.

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