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By Curtis Morgan and Scott Hiaasen / The Bulletin
May 16, 2010
MIAMI — Just weeks before exploding in the Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon’s drill struck a hidden pocket of natural gas, rocking the massive rig with what drillers call a “kick.” Gas surged up the pipe so forcefully that operators ordered an....