As I understand it, the dome now sits several hundred yards away from the active well, as they seek solutions for dealing with the hydrates that have formed inside the containment dome that have made what they had hoped would be something that could cap and vacuum the oil, make it -- that that would be successful.

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Six months later Ecuadorians elected Correa, who, among other things, has busied himself trying to vacuum up the "windfall profits" of the remaining private oil operations.

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Both involve heating organic materials in a vacuum until they break down into carbon and vapors that can be condensed into a low-grade fuel oil.

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