Rebecca McClay, Cronkite News Service//September 22, 2010//

Freeport-McMoRan’s investment in a Louisiana company will help purchase shallow-water drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Rebecca McClay/Cronkite News Service)

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