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    Estimates of what happened to the oil spilled into the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Based on spill total of 4. Million barrrels: Skimmed Burned Broken up by chemicals Broken up naturally Removed Recovered directly from the wellhead Evaporated or dissolved Still on water, shore on or just below the surface as light sheen, tar balls; washed ashore.

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    Estimates of what happened to the oil spilled into the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Based on spill total of 4. Million barrrels: Skimmed Burned Broken up by chemicals Broken up naturally Removed Recovered directly from the wellhead Evaporated or dissolved Still on water, shore on or just below the surface as light sheen, tar balls; washed ashore.

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    Estimates of what happened to the oil spilled into the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon exploded. Based on spill total of 4. Million barrrels: Skimmed Burned Broken up by chemicals Broken up naturally Removed Recovered directly from the wellhead Evaporated or dissolved Still on water, shore on or just below the surface as light sheen, tar balls; washed ashore.

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    Where the oil went

    Best estimates of what


    happened to the oil spilled into
    the Gulf after the Deepwater
    Horizon exploded, based on spill
    total of 4.9 million barrrels:

    3% Skimmed
    5% Burned
    8% Broken up by chemicals

    16% Broken up
    naturally

    17% Removed
    Recovered directly from
    the wellhead

    25% Evaporated
    or dissolved

    26% Still on water, shore


    On or just below the
    surface as light sheen,
    tar balls; washed ashore;
    buried in sand and
    sediments
    © 2010 MCT
    Source: U.S. Natonal Incident Command
    Graphic: Pat Carr

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