New Oil Slick In Gulf Waters Linked To BP Well

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.'"

Re:At least so far everyone is getting the name ri

[Anonymous Coward]

Big Polluter

Re:At least so far everyone is getting the name ri

[Eponymous Hero]

BP = Broken Pipe

All Natural

[Intropy]

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!

Re:Slashdot post tech news anymore?

[ColdWetDog]

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

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

Re:All Natural

[shutdown -p now]

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!