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Remember that in the case of the gulf oil spil, Corexit was used in a way that it wasn't ever specifically engineered for (based on their own datasheets for 950
by nerdtalker 14y ago
Remember that in the case of the gulf oil spil, Corexit was used in a way that it wasn't ever specifically engineered for (based on their own datasheets for 9500). Instead, it was directly inserted into the stream just a meter or so above the wellhead, underwater. There are videos of this from the ROV streams, and corroborated by other sources (eg NYT: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/impact-of-gulf-spills-underwater-dispersants-is-examined/ http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/impact-of-gulf-spi... Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill#Use_of_dispersants_deep_under_water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill#Use... )
The result was formation of these subsurface plumes that the author talks about.