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Heavy oil washing ashore in Louisiana

Posted on May 20, 2010

A thick mass of crude oil described as having the texture of latex paint has begun clogging up the environmentally sensitive marshlands of Louisiana from the Deepwater Horizon gusher.

Governor Bobby Jindal called it the “day we have all been fearing,” adding “we know more is coming.”

While BP has cited surface analysis to support its claim of 5,000 barrels pouring into the Gulf of Mexico per day, many experts say that does not take into the account the subsurface plumes of oil well below the surface.

Government forecasters reported that sheen has entered the Loop Current and could shoot around the Florida Keys and the U.S. East Coast.

Source: Reuters

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