Richard Berkley has had to contend with foul-smelling water around his home in Playhatch, near Reading.

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Fish were plentiful, but U.K. kids would not eat the foul-smelling creatures.

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If these kept melting the way they had for six weeks, we joked, our retirement homes might be like the foul-smelling tents at Camp Gold.

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Initially, it is a soft, foul-smelling matter that floats on the ocean but through exposure to the sun and the salt water over years it turns into a smooth lump of compact rock which feels waxy and has a sweet smell.

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The two companies will develop the Bab field, a potentially tricky project because it contains so-called sour gas, a poisonous and foul smelling product.

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