Oil Transportation, Distribution, and Fate

Edward B. Overton, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Sciences, LSU shows samples Saturday, June 19, 2010 of crude oil from the Mississippi Canyon 252 (Deepwater Horizon) oil spill at a lab at the Coastal Studies Institute at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. Researchers analyze the composition of the oil to see how the oil is changing. (AP Photo/Tim Mueller)