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BP Turns to Next Attempt After 'Top Kill' Fails

ROBERT, La. (May 30) -- After failing again to stem the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP scrambled Sunday to make some progress in ending the spill that the president's top energy adviser said was the biggest environmental disaster the U.S. has ever faced. Six weeks after the spill, oil giant BP PLC said that its...

Background on gallons

The gallon (abbreviation "gal"), with the US and imperial gallon, is a measure of volume. Historically it has had many definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon (≈ 4.546 L) which since metrication is used colloquially in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States (liquid) gallon (≈ 3.79 L), and the lesser used US dry gallon (≈ 4.40 L).

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