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Is it possible that residue from the BP Gulf oil spill is in the Atlantic?

We were on a cruise in the eastern Caribbean this past December and I noticed brown streams in the water. For a long time I thought it was algae, but then realized it looked a lot like what I'd seen on TV of the treated oil. It wasn't very wide, but long and looked like it might be deep. It's been bothering me for a couple of months now. Any ideas? I'd sure hate to think this junk is still out there and no one is worried about it.

Update:

If this is oil from another vessel, would it not be black? What I saw looked just like the BP oil after it was treated with that dispersion(?) chemical.

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  • 9 years ago
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    there is probably some trace amounts of it there

    but what you saw was most likely not from the BP spill, but more likely from a small leak from another vessel

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