Alex halts spill clean-up

UK supermajor BP was forced to stop skimming and shoreline clean-up work as Tropical Storm Alex roared through the western US Gulf of Mexico.

Macondo oil slick: tropical storm Alex forces BP to call a halt on clean-up efforts in the US Gulf

Noah Brenner

Published 30 June 2010, 01:27Updated 11 October 2016, 09:34

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