WorldNews Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 The U.S. Coast Guard has determined that natural petroleum seepage from beneath the Pacific seabed was the source of a large oil slick that appeared last week off the Southern California coast west of Santa Barbara. The slick, which spanned several square miles of the ocean about 1,000 yards (meters) from shore, was first spotted last Wednesday off Goleta State Beach, not far from the site of an oil pipeline rupture in May, raising concerns of another spill in the area. The Coast Guard dispatched a team to collect samples from the slick that were sent to a government laboratory in Connecticut for comparison with tar balls previously found on area beaches and material taken from nearby drilling platforms and vessels. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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