TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Up to 10 million gallons of crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 remains buried under sediment in the Gulf of Mexico, spelling out long-term dangers for local marine life and raising questions about permanent damage to the waterway, a Florida State University professor said.
For years after the devastating 200-million-gallon spill, BP cleanup crews and government officials said they didn't know what happened to 6 to 10 million gallons. Oceanography Professor Jeff Chanton said the mystery oil is located in the Gulf floor sediment, about 62 miles southeast of the Mississippi Delta.