WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants to know when offshore companies will be ready to rein in runaway wells -- a major hurdle it says is holding up new deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
On Friday, it asked two companies -- Houston-based Helix Energy Solutions Group and the Exxon Mobil-led Marine Well Containment Co. -- for an update on their progress in developing equipment and vessels that could capture oil from underwater wells.
According to the Interior Department, oil
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