[StBernard] Update: Oil Sheen/Emulsified oil patties 2 miles off of Chandeleur Islands in St. Bernard

Westley Annis Westley at da-parish.com
Fri Jun 25 23:24:58 EDT 2010


Update: Oil Sheen/Emulsified oil patties 2 miles off of Chandeleur Islands
in St. Bernard

A flyover conducted by St. Bernard flight operations personnel at around 7
a.m. this morning in and around the Chandeleur Islands in St. Bernard Parish
confirmed a nine-mile stretch of oil sheen, with a dozen or so 10-feet by
30-feet patches of emulsified oil about two miles off the islands. Crews
left early this morning with a skimming vessel equipped with a newly
acquired brush skimmer to attempt to recover these patches of emulsified
oil. The patches of oil seem to have moved further north than where they
were noted as being yesterday. Operations and Air Ops personnel will
continue to monitor the track of this line of emulsified oil and sheen
today. Air Ops is conducting another over flight later this morning to
observe this further.

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