oil in galveston

[Reel Bender]

Some are saying from ships passing through carrying it.

Not unusual to see tarballs on Texas coast, but I have noticed less over the last 10 years or so.

[Ducktrickster]

I'm not sure what it takes to be considered heavy oil but I ran through a slick just west of freshwater bayou. The water turned chocolate brown about 20 yards wide and then black oil about 15 yards wide and was a line for as far as I could see. To me, that's a lot of oil.

[Dink]

Originally Posted by Ducktrickster

I'm not sure what it takes to be considered heavy oil but I ran through a slick just west of freshwater bayou. The water turned chocolate brown about 20 yards wide and then black oil about 15 yards wide and was a line for as far as I could see. To me, that's a lot of oil.

We think we ran into a slick out of Freshwater a month or so ago..........wish we would have gone closer and invstigated it, but the smell was really strong..........smelled like gear oil.....that your experience too?

[Ducktrickster]

Originally Posted by Dink

We think we ran into a slick out of Freshwater a month or so ago..........wish we would have gone closer and invstigated it, but the smell was really strong..........smelled like gear oil.....that your experience too?

Yes. but I ran through it. It was about 3 weeks ago. And yes I smelled it long before we ran through it.