| Title |
Oil in the Gulf of Mexico after the capping of the BP/Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon (MC-252) well
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11356-015-4421-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steve R. Kolian, Scott A. Porter, Paul W. Sammarco, Detlef Birkholz, Edwin W. Cake, Wilma A. Subra |
| Abstract |
Evidence of fresh oil from the BP/Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 (MC-252) well was found in the northern Gulf of Mexico up to 1 year and 10 months after it was capped on 15 July 2010. Offshore and coastal samples collected after capping displayed ratios of biomarkers matching those of MC-252 crude oil. Pre- and post-capping samples were compared. Little weathering had occurred, based on the abundance of low-molecular-weight (LMW) n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the post-capping samples. The occurrence of fresh oil in offshore waters and coastal areas suggest that the MC-252 well continued to leak hydrocarbons into the Gulf of Mexico at least until 22 May 2012, the end of this study period. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Norway | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 22 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 5 | 22% |
| Researcher | 5 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 22% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 7 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 22% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 13% |
| Engineering | 2 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 13% |
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