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Vol. 15, No. 4 Week of January 24, 2010
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Exxon oil persistence may be explained

Study finds crude from Exxon Valdez oil spill trapped in layer of compacted beach sediment which prevents it from easily degrading

Elizabeth Bluemink

Anchorage Daily News

For nearly a decade, scientists have puzzled over the persistence of oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. A pair of Lower 48 researchers on Sunday published the first study to attempt an explanation for why that oil isn’t degrading as much as expected. Their findings have implications for any futu....

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Oil trapped

Samples shipped for analysis


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