The International Resource Journal: BP oil slick damage reaches Texas beach as tar balls are found

BP oil slick damage reaches Texas beach as tar balls are found
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admin on 06 July, 2010 07:29:00
 
IRJ July 6 - The extent of British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon rig oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues to grow, as it emerges that tar balls from
the leak have hit a Texas beach. Tests carried out on the location near
Galveston have identified that a small amount of tar balls do indeed stem from
BP’s oil disaster.
According to Captain Marcus Woodring, the US Coast Guard commander for the
Galveston region, approximately five gallons of tar balls have been discovered.
It is as yet unknown whether the tar ball drifted directly from the oil slick or
were accidently transferred through ships.
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power was awarded over £3 million from
the Scottish Government today [Tuesday 6 July] to support the development of its
next-generation Oyster wave energy device.