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Article

21 Nov 2011

Author:
Sabrina Canfield, Courthouse News Service

Attorney Says Macondo Well Still Leaks Oil From Seafloor [USA]

An environmental attorney [Stuart Smith] said oil is still leaking from BP's Macondo Formation more than 16 months after the well was declared sealed. The attorney said the only explanation for fresh oil bearing the Macondo fingerprint that's washed ashore on barrier islands is that the seafloor was damaged during the Deepwater Horizon blowout, and oil is seeping through...Smith said BP and the Coastguard sent investigators to the well in August, and they came back saying no oil was leaking...[A] representative from BP verified that several vessels are in the vicinity of the Macondo well: "There are several vessels there participating in a study of natural oil seeps. This study has been ongoing for the past month or so. Data continues being collected and we provided an update on the natural oil seeps at the SETAC [Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry] conference in Boston this week...The study is documenting the specific locations of these seeps and is seeking to track oil flow from seabed to surface," BP wrote.