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NEW ORLEANS — Crews successfully removed the failed blowout preventer from BP’s gulf well Friday, an important step toward killing the well for good, and a hopeful development for federal investigators who view the device as key evidence that will be inspected to determine why it did not shut off the disastrous undersea gusher.
The oil is being suppressed by a concrete plug that was injected into the well in early August.
The blowout device will likely be hauled to the surface from 5,000 feet below the sea sometime today and will then be taken by barge to a NASA facility in New Orleans, a federal official said.
