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Oil from BP spill probably sprayed out in tiny drops

Dispersants at the Deepwater Horizon wellhead may have had little effect

Oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico

NO USE  Responders to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill hoped to prevent oil slicks by using dispersants to break up the oil into tiny droplets. A new study suggests using them at the wellhead didn’t accomplish much.

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By Beth Mole

- More than 2 years ago

Much of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have shattered into droplets too small to rise to the surface.