A new sheen of oil is being reported approximately 30 miles off the coast of Louisiana and is currently being investigated by the United States Coast Guard. The new slick of oil was reported to be about 100 miles long and located 30 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

The new slick of oil was first spotted on Friday, March 18, 2011 by a helicopter pilot. Several boat captains have confirmed that they have encountered the slick of oil and said that it is indeed fresh oil because of the odor and the way it caused eye irritation.

The exact location of the oil sheen reported in the Gulf of Mexico is between the coast of Louisiana, about 30 miles offshore and north of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site. This area is still recovering from the Deepwater Horizon disaster from April of 2010 with oil still being cleaned from the coastline of Louisiana. Additional oil will cause more problems for an already troubled coastline.

The oil sheen is suspected of coming from the Matterhorn field which includes a deepwater drilling rig, Matterhorn Seastar that is owned by W&T Technology. The oil is suspected from […]