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Gulf oil slick spreads to 600 square miles

Posted on Apr 26, 2010

Satellite pictures reveal that the Gulf of Mexico oil slick doubled in size from Sunday to Monday.

Experts say the oil could reach the shores of the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida within one week.

"In the trajectory analysis we don't see any impact to any shoreline within the next three days," Charlie Henry of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said, trying to sound more optimistic.

Environmentalists fear this could be the worst oil disaster in the U.S. since the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.

The oil is escaping from two leaks in a riser connecting the wellhead onto the Transocean Deepwater Horizon platform that exploded and sank late last week. The rig is believed to be intact nearly one mile below the surface and still holds almost 700,000 gallons of diesel.

BP PLC, which leased the rig, is using robot submarines in an attempt to close valves but If the robots don’t succeed the company may drill an intervention well.

However, doing that might take several months.

11 workers from the platform are missing and presumed dead.

Source: Yahoo News

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