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Investors worry about seepage at BP well

HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Shares of energy giant BP Plc dropped on Monday amid concerns about seepage at its capped Gulf of Mexico oil well as speculation grew about assets the company may sell to pay the multibillion-dollar costs for the spill.

HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Shares of energy giant BP Plc dropped on Monday amid concerns about seepage at its capped Gulf of Mexico oil well as speculation grew about assets the company may sell to pay the multibillion-dollar costs for the spill.

BP shares, which have rallied over the past three weeks, dropped as much as 5 percent after the top U.S. government spill official said engineers had detected seepage on the floor of the Gulf after the well was capped on Thursday.

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