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To: bentway who wrote (399380)	7/16/2008 7:40:31 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578203

He's right though. Some places in California, the oil on the beaches comes from offshore natural seepage.

To: bentway who wrote (399380)	7/16/2008 7:42:40 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578203

"As a born Texan, I can tell you the tar balls weren't on Galveston and Port Aransas beaches when I was a boy." Give Hugh a break. He doesn't seem to be aware that the lighter fractions evaporate out of petroleum. I suppose that is too much like evolution...

To: bentway who wrote (399380)	7/17/2008 7:28:48 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1578203

When were you a boy? Offshore production goes back a long time in the GOM. There was tar spots on the beaches in the 80's, but not the times I've been in the last decade.

To: bentway who wrote (399380)	7/17/2008 8:03:45 AM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578203

As a born Texan, I can tell you the tar balls weren't on Galveston and Port Aransas beaches when I was a boy. Make up some more crap. I can't speak for Texas, but I do know they have this in the Fl gulf, and on the South Carolina beachs. South Carolina doesn't have any off shore rigs. The gulf has had off shore rigs for a very long time and the early ones were not a leak proof, so I suspect unless you are very old that there were even more spills back then.