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. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gulf-oil-20120110,0,1839654.story
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times by Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times
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