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Repsol vows to do 'whatever necessary' to contain Peru oil spill

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Spanish energy giant Repsol says they are doing "everything necessary to contain the spill" that has polluted beaches and killed wildlife. Almost 12,000 barrels of crude spilled into the sea off Peru on January 15 as a tanker unloaded oil at a Repsol-owned refinery.

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