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New Oil Slick In Gulf Waters Linked To BP Well

Posted by Soulskill on from the gift-that-keeps-on-giving dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new oil sheen appeared in the Gulf of Mexico last week, and now scientists have confirmed that the oil bubbling up to the surface matches the type released by BP's Deepwater Horizon oil well last summer. Ed Overton, a chemist at Louisiana State University, examined samples of the oil and said, 'After examining the data, I think it's a dead ringer for the MC252 oil, as good a match as I've seen. My guess is that it is probably coming from the broken riser pipe or sunken platform.'"

5 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. Re:At least so far everyone is getting the name ri by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Big Polluter

  2. Re:At least so far everyone is getting the name ri by Eponymous+Hero · · Score: 4, Funny

    BP = Broken Pipe

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  3. All Natural by Intropy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't see why we're concerned at all. Petroleum is an all natural product containing no artificial chemicals, and it's 100% organic, too!

    1. Re:All Natural by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 4, Funny

      We're concerned because this, as you rightly note, first-grade organic product is being heavily contaminated by dihydrogen monoxide in the process. Such a waste, and think of the environment!

  4. Re:Slashdot post tech news anymore? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Strange trend in recent postings, is this still news for nerds?

    I'm sure somebody in the Gulf of Mexico is running Linux.

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