Louisiana authorities report oil sightings from Gulf of Mexico spill

Times-Picayune Staff
Monday, September 20, 2010, 4:53 PM     Plaquemines Parish Tuesday

• Heavy oil sheen 1.6 miles east-southeast of Bay La Mer.
• An area of tar patties with sheen, 30 feet long, 1.4 miles east of Bay La Mer.
• An area of tar balls, 20 feet long by 2 feet wide, in Bayou Chaland 0.65 mile west  of the Chaland Pass.
• Emulsified oil and tar balls on the southeast shore of Bay Joe Wise 0.9 mile west of Bastian Island.

Thursday

• Tar balls and oiled trash in the south entrance to Scofield Bayou;
• Heavy oil sheen in Bay Ronfleur 2.1 miles west-southwest of the W-1 Tank Battery Seaplane Base.

Friday

• Tar balls on the south shore of English Bay.

Louisiana authorities report oil sightings from Gulf of Mexico spill