Possible oil sheen under investigation in Gulf of Mexico could be large

[MountainLaurel]

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating reports of a potentially massive oil sheen about 20 miles north of the site of last April's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.

A helicopter crew and pollution investigators have been dispatched to Main Pass Block 41 in response to two calls to the National Response Center, the federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills, said Paul Barnard, an operations controller for Coast Guard Sector New Orleans.

The first caller, around 11 a.m., described a sheen of about a half-mile long and a half-mile wide, he said.

About two hours later, another caller reported a much larger sheen -- about 100 miles long -- originating in the same area and spreading west to Cocodrie on Terrebonne Bay, Barnard said.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/oil_sheen_in_gulf_of_mexico_un.html

[Marblehead]

1. if it is a sheen

that means it is fresh.

[CountAllVotes]

2. and all of those dead fish and dolphins

have nothing at all to do with all of these "spills", here there and everywhere.

Look the other way now and be certain to cover your ass BP!

[LiberalEsto]

3. It isn't Charlie, is it? nt

[Maine_Nurse]

4. Even Charlie would need a lot of Viagra to cover 100 miles.