APNewsBreak: BP investigates new sheen in Gulf

Source: The Associated Press

APNewsBreak: BP investigates new sheen in Gulf
(AP) – 30 minutes ago (Aug. 18, 2011)

LONDON (AP) — Oil giant BP said Thursday that it was investigating a new sheen in the Gulf of Mexico but there was no immediate indication it was the result of a new oil spill.

A catastrophic April 2010 explosion at BP's Macondo well in the Gulf killed 11 men and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

A sheen is a shiny coating that floats on the surface of the water, and could come from leaked or spilled oil. BP did not make clear what the source of the sheen was, but told The Associated Press it was not found near "any existing BP operations."



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same 'ol crap. :argh:

A statement from BP PLC placed the site of the sheen near two abandoned exploration well sites in the Green Canyon Block in the Gulf of Mexico, although its size and exact location wasn't disclosed.

According to an online map published by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Green Canyon Block — a huge square-shaped area of water south of Louisiana — is south and west of the Mississippi Canyon Block where the Macondo well blew up.

A U.S. government official also said the area around Macondo was clear.

"They are not investing any sheens in the vicinity of the BP well," Paul Barnard, Operations Controller for the New Orleans sector of the Coast Guard, told the AP on Thursday.

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I wouldn't trust BP to clean up a broken jar of applesauce on Aisle 6.

Leave no greasy stone unturned so to speak. Because they just want to get back to their lives of plundering and pillaging without any form of real regulation or serious oversight.