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Gulf Of Mexico Oil Leak Is Likely Natural Occurence, Regulators Say

International Business Times -- The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced the source of a 10-square mile oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico was likely a naturally occurring oil seep from the ocean floor, not a spill from an oil rig.  

The bureau said that an underwater vehicle deployed by Shell surveyed the area and found oil seeping naturally from the ocean floor. The BSEE said, however, it is working to confirm the seep as the origin of the 10 square mile oil sheen first reported Thursday.

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Submitted Apr 15, 2012 By: drpepperTX
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RobertSpratt oil leaks naturally off the California coast all the time, so I wouldn't be surprised by this.
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Ok
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Hurry, put a plug in it or build an oil recovery rig ontop of it.
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It happens everyday.
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Obviously the Gulf can handle it.
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Anything for an excuse to get prices over $4 a gallon
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Yes, it is probably natural, but watch the media blow it out of proportion. Headline: "Those dinosaurs should not have died there!"
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How long until a hike in price?
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Happens all of the time.........
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good old mother Earth
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Interesting.
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Headline: EPA fines Mother Nature . . .
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Never heard a word about this on network television.
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Hopefully...
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More oil of ole.
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great????
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ti to pay
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China leaks!
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A Natural thing!
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Drill a hole and pump it out.
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Nature can slowly correct such a leak.
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Never heard a word about this on network television.
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Maybe the greenies will sue nature for this unforgivable event.
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Should be good enough for Obama to ban drilling.
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naturally occurring - unregulated...
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MidNJ "Yep, and since oil is a natural organic material I like to have it in my morning coffee. Don't you?"

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Nope, no more than I'd like to put any of a number of things in my morning coffee. But the the Gulf is a lot bigger than a cup of coffee now isn't it? Nature can handle it.

[Edited by: drpepperTX at 4/15/2012 9:02:51 PM EST]
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ocen does not want to keep oil
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Was bp one too?
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Yep, and since oil is a natural organic material I like to have it in my morning coffee. Don't you?
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I leak naturally too.
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Oil and gas leak naturally all the time.
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