At the weekend, reports of an oil sheen 100 miles long south of the Louisiana coast on the Gulf of Mexico made an emergency in areas devestated by last year Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Local officials and the U.S. Coast Guard were called to investigate and discovered what appear to be separate incidents.
In one incident, a dredging project seems to have created a mile-long plume of oil, grease and sludge from the mouth of the Mississippi. Pesticides and nutrient discharge of the river also contributes to an annual hypoxic “dead zone” in the Gulf, which extends each summer when the weather gets warmer. The Coast Guard has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in the giant underwater plume, leading to the conclusion that dispersed oil from the BP incident has disturbed the seabed and is now expanding through the water column.
In what some officials are considering temporarily half incident, fresh crude oil began to wash at Grand Isle, Louisiana Sunday afternoon. The oil has a similar appearance to the long, orange ribbons of rough seen in Deepwater Horizon blowout last year. There is no confirmation of a spill source to date, although many are looking for a rig the Matterhorn SeaStar 20 miles north of the name of the site of last year leakage.
Local residents have quickly washed in fresh crude oil on the coast document, and work hard to ensure the new oil is not ignored in light of the confirmed oil / sludge plume spreads along the coast.
source:examiner
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