Oil Sheen Sighted in Gulf of Mexico Raises New Questions About Last Summer's Spill
Oil Sheen Aug. 19 This sheen extended at least a mile north to south, according to trackers with the volunteer organization On Wings of Care. There were no oil platforms nearby. Courtesy Bonny Schumaker/On Wings of Care Rainbow-tinted slicks and globules of oil have been cropping up in the Gulf of Mexico during the past 10 days or so, and it's not clear where it is all coming from. BP, whose Macondo well spewed 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf last summer after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, has denied that the oil is coming from that well. But some scientists say it's certainly possible. Reports of a new oil sheen first surfaced on Aug. 18, close to the site of last year's devastating spill. BP and Coast Guard officials deployed two submersible vehicles to the site, but BP said a visual inspection indicated there was no oil released from...