Weather delays gulf oil clean-up
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April 26, 2010, Monday
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STORMY weather delayed weekend efforts to mop up leaking oil from a damaged undersea well after the explosion and sinking of a massive rig in the Gulf of Mexico that left 11 workers missing and presumed dead.
The leak was discovered on Saturday and could have begun when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sank last Thursday, two days after the initial explosion that sent smoke soaring high off Lousiana's Gulf Coast, said Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry.
Experts estimate up to 1,000 barrels - or 160,000 liters - of oil is leaking each day. The sheen extended 30 kilometers by 30 kilometers on Saturday - about 25 times larger than it appeared to be a day earlier, Landry said.
For days the Coast Guard said no oil had escaped the well head on the ocean floor, but the discovered leak has raised concerns about a possible environmental catastrophe.
The leak was discovered on Saturday and could have begun when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig sank last Thursday, two days after the initial explosion that sent smoke soaring high off Lousiana's Gulf Coast, said Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry.
Experts estimate up to 1,000 barrels - or 160,000 liters - of oil is leaking each day. The sheen extended 30 kilometers by 30 kilometers on Saturday - about 25 times larger than it appeared to be a day earlier, Landry said.
For days the Coast Guard said no oil had escaped the well head on the ocean floor, but the discovered leak has raised concerns about a possible environmental catastrophe.
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