Location of Spilled Oil From 2010 Deepwater Horizon Event Found

Chipmunk100 writes: A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (abstract) claims to have identified the location of two million barrels of submerged oil thought to be trapped in the deep ocean following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. By analyzing data from more than 3,000 samples collected at 534 locations over 12 expeditions, they identified a 1,250-square-mile patch of the deep sea floor upon which 2 to 16 percent of the discharged oil was deposited. The fallout of oil to the sea floor created thin deposits most intensive to the southwest of the Macondo well. The oil was most concentrated within the top half inch of the sea floor and was patchy even at the scale of a few feet."

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No Worries

[MightyMartian]

According to leading chiropractors, oil is not only not harmful to marine environments, but is in fact highly beneficial! In fact, we should be dumping millions of barrels every year into the Gulf of Mexico, and should pay back all the money BP has to pay out back to them at one trillion percent interest!

Tune in next week, when I explain how the Koch Brothers are in fact the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.

For the Future

[pubwvj]

This will now get covered with silt and eventually become an oil reservoir for future generations a million years down the line. Bravo to BP for thinking so far ahead!