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From Discovery News:
Feb. 27, 2007 — A plan to use concrete balls to stem the disastrous ooze from an Indonesian "mud volcano" may be revised after they slid deeper than expected, a spokesman said Tuesday.
The balls slid about half a mile into the crater, roughly twice the depth anticipated, and many more than planned may be required to staunch the mudflow, said the operation's spokesman, Rudi Novrianto.
"Based on our monitoring of Monday's operations, we may later decide to add to the number of ball chains, but the decision will only be made once the initial target of 374 chains have been dropped into the mud hole," he said.
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