It seems that there is a great irony developing with the oil spillage in the Gulf. First off, the environmentalist would not allow drilling close to shore in shallow water since they feared an oil spill would cause damage to the shore line. If this leak had been in shallow water, it is likely that the leak would have been contained, before it caused a problem but since it was in deep water the containment has been much more difficult.
It is well known that twice as much oil that leaked from the Valdez spill, seeps up from the ocean floor in the Gulf each year but nature has a way of handling it. Could it be that the deep water leaks are also handled by nature? It will be interesting to see how this plays out. It might be a case of dumb luck that saves the day.
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