© Deepwater Horizon Response, via FlickrA concentrated oil burn in the Gulf of Mexico, conducted in May 2010
Though the mainstream media has left the story alone, reports of a new slick of oil spotted about 40 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico, near British Petroleum's
Maconda well, have many concerned.
Though the theories are un-confirmed by BP, many worry that the oil might be the result of yet another BP spill. Several samples collected by the
Mobile Press-Register in late August bore the same chemical footprint of the
Deepwater Horizon oil, according to chemists with Louisiana State University. But BP executives have reported finding no leaks in the seal on the
Deepwater Horizon well or the relief well, after a survey by a submersible robot.
On April 20, 2010, BP's
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded - killing 11 oil workers and injuring 17 others. The resulting spill, which took almost three months to be capped, caused severe damage to the environment and economies of coastal communities in the five Gulf Coast states.
Progress Florida's SpillBabySpill.com - a site initially set up after last year's disaster - has been reporting extensively on the new oil.
