Louisiana authorities report oil sightings from Gulf of Mexico spill

Times-Picayune Staff
Published: Monday, September 13, 2010, 7:25 PM Plaquemines Parish Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Submerged oil stirred up by boat 4.6 miles northwest of the Grand Gosier Islands.

Submerged oil stirred up by boat 7.6 miles east of the Breton Islands.

Oil sheen 1.75 miles northeast of the mouth of the Kimbel Pass.

Oil sheen 2.4 miles east of the southern mouth of Pass a Loutre.

Oil, tar balls, and sheen in water and cane grass on the east jetty of the Southeast Pass.

Oil, tar balls, and sheen in water and cane grass on the west jetty of the Southeast Pass.

Thursday

Heavy tar found 6 to 8 inches under the sand 0.95 mile west of the entrance to Chaland Pass.

Heavy tar 30 yards long by 6 feet found 4 inches under the sand 3.2 miles east of the entrance to Chaland Pass.

Friday

Half mile of oil on an unnamed marsh island on the southwest side of Bay Jimmy.

Tar balls on the beach on the east side of the Scofield Bayou south entrance.

Tar patties in an area 1 mile long by 20 yards wide in West Bay 2.15 miles northwest of Outlet W-2.

Tar balls, 6 feet to 12 feet in diameter, in a large area of Scott Bay, 08 mile north-northwest of Double Bayou.

Oil droplets, 3 inches in diameter, with some slightly submerged oil 1 mile west-southwest of the Southwest Pass Lighthouse.

Heavy oil sheen with surface oil droplets and submerged oil in an area 2,500 feet long and 300 feet wide, 0.85 mile west of the Southwest Pass East Jetty.

Dark oil and tar balls by the South Pass West Jetty.

Monday

Oil with the consistency of peanut butter, 10 feet long and 2 feet wide, 1.46 miles east of Bay La Mer.

Oil on the beach, in an area 2 feet wide and 25 feet long, 1.76 miles east of Bay La Mer.

Oil patty, 4 feet in diameter and 4 inches thick, 0.95 miles west of Chaland Pass.

St Bernard Parish Friday

Small, light brown tar balls, in an area 2 yards wide and 200 yards long, in Drum Bay 1.25 miles east of Anderson Point.

Lafourche Parish Friday

Emulsified oil with sheen and brown and red particulates 9 miles south-southeast of the east end of Timbalier Island.
Fresh tar balls on the northwest side of East Timbalier Island.