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NEW ORLEANS — BP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico.
The current containment system is catching 630,000 gallons of oil daily, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said at a briefing in Washington. Officials had previously cited that figure as the system’s general capacity, but Allen said officials now believe it can handle 756,000 gallons.
Even so, there’s still more oil eluding capture. BP is bringing in a second vessel that will increase capacity, as well as the North Sea shuttle tanker, which will assist in the transport of the oil, and a device that will burn off some of it.
