Gulf currents aided breakdown of oil after BP spill, study says

Category: Science

Publish Date: 01-09-2012 10:22 PM -0800

Rather than moving steadily away from the wellhead, oil-laced water often circled back, returning hydrocarbon-consuming bacteria to the plume repeatedly, authors say.

The geography and water circulation patterns of the northern Gulf of Mexico promoted the breakdown of oil and gas spewing from a busted wellhead during the BP oil disaster, according to a new study.

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