Though Fu was eager to host the festival, it was a pipe dream for five years because the cost of renting out a venue was just too high.

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Among the five he took with him was Sharon Pipe, a managing director for GE Equity in Europe.

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New techniques have been developed to "sidetrack" a well when the pipe gets stuck or to control the pressures and temperatures found five miles down into the earth's crust with blow-out preventers and special purpose high-tech drilling rigs.

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As early as five hours before the explosion drillers noticed unexpected loss of fluid in the riser pipe, indicating leaks in a part of the blowout preventer.

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Mr. Morrison listed five near-miss incidents in November and December, including one in which natural gas escaped from a pipe aboard BP's Pompano platform, threatening an explosion.

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