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 Saturday, May 8, 2010
Posted on Sat, May. 08, 2010

Tar balls seen on Dauphin Island

By NOAKI SCHWARTZ

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — A Coast Guard official says tar balls that are believed to be from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are washing up on Dauphin Island.

Coast Guard chief warrant officer Adam Wine said about a half-dozen tar balls had been collected by this afternoon on the island. He said the substance needs to be tested, but officials think it came from the oil spill.

The Alabama barrier island is at the mouth of Mobile Bay and about three miles from the coast. 

Daily Comet.com:  Cleanup crews collect more than 2 million gallons of oil-water mix

The Associated Press.  Published: Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 11:06 a.m.

PORT FOURCHON — The Coast Guard says about 2.1 million gallons of an oil-water mix has been collected since a spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP PLC chief operating officer Doug Suttles has said the mix collected is about 10 percent oil and the rest water.
The Coast Guard said Saturday that nearly 190 vessels are involved in the cleanup efforts. More than 160 miles of boom to contain the oil has been put out and crews have used nearly 275,000 gallons of chemicals to break up the oil on the water’s surface.

More than 4,500 people are responding and another 2,500 volunteers have been trained to help.

An oil rig exploded 50 miles of the Louisiana coast April 20 and sank two days later. Oil has been spewing at about 200,000 gallons a day.

Special thanks to Richard Charter