evaporated or dispursed into the water column. the official says the oil in these samples could be part of the 25% that got away. brian todd, cnn, washington. cnn is your hurricane headquarters. right now we re watching hurricane igor as it moves closer to bermuda. this is what igor looks like from space. in southern mexico, karl is causing problems. these pictures were sent to us by one of our i-reporters in boca del rio. it s dumping lots of rain on vulnerable areas. jacqui jeras is in the weather center. we have julia out there as well as two other tropical disturbances, so things continue to remain well above average and very active in the atlantic and we ll show you where the storms are on the big picture here. this is igor, julia. karl fizzled away here, but they
sor, canvassed an area as close as two miles from the wellhead and as far away as 80 miles. in several samples, they found concentrations of oil seeping as much as two inches into the sediment. we re going to go to the source and speak to dr. samantha joy on a research vessel. she s on the research vessel and we re going to call that right now. i asked joy about other scientists who question her findings, including those who say so much oil seeps into the gulf naturally every year that some of this might not even be from the deep water horizon spill. there s spillage from other vessels, there s all sorts of things like that. so to find oil in the gulf of mexico either in the sediment or water column is not unusual. reporter: how do you come to believe that the oil you found is from the gulf oil spill and the bp situation? we have samples collected in
including the partners if they want to to get rid of this acreage just in case it s not going to make enough money. all right. you know, one of the other interesting things they ve been talking about is the potential discovery of this layer perhaps 1 to 2 inches thick coating the sea floor in the area near the deepwater horizon spill. there s been a lot of concern that, oh, 75% of the oil s gone or collected or burned off, the other 25% isn t doing any harm. if this is indeed the case, the environmental impact is not going to be known for a very long time. what happens now? and what is bp s responsibility in this? well, i don t know if anybody has any plans to excavate the oil sitting at the bottom near the well head. from what i understand it s not that extensive in terms of area. but you would expect to have some of the heavy components that did not get dispursed properly to settle out near the
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