There are sufficient reports, even from the mainstream media, to raise suspicion. BP's story has shifted, not that it matters since they aren't known for their veracity.
I've compiled reports from several sources that paint a worrisome picture.
Site of Deepwater Horizon Accident Leaking Again, Sources Say
An anonymous Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) captain is reporting that BP has hired approximately 40 boats from Venice and Grand Isle to deploy boom around the former Deepwater Horizon site (50 miles off the Louisiana coast). The fleet began its mission over the weekend to contain a growing sheen on the water near the site of the Macondo wellhead, which was declared "officially dead" on September 19, 2010.
BP has yet to comment on inquries regarding the VoO boom-laying mission, but is expected to issue a statement later this week.
BP investigates new sheen in Gulf
LONDON (AP) -- Oil giant BP says it is investigating a new sheen in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP did not make clear Thursday what the source of the new sheen was, but told The Associated Press in London it was not found near "any existing BP operations." A sheen is a shiny coating that floats on the surface of the water, and could come from leaked or spilled oil.
Oil companies investigate report of sheen in Gulf
BP spokesman Daren Beaudo said his company had sent several remotely controlled mini-submersibles into the water over the weekend to investigate the source of the sheen -- a shiny coating that floats on the surface of the water and generally comes from leaked or spilled oil -- but had concluded "that it couldn't have been from anything of ours."
A statement from BP PLC placed the site of the sheen near two abandoned exploration well sites in the Green Canyon Block in the Gulf of Mexico, although its size wasn't disclosed.
The sheen was 172 miles (277 kilometers) from BP's Macondo well and about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast.
The company's account differs from an anonymous report received by the Coast Guard's National Response Center over the weekend, which says that a semisubmersible sent down to a plugged and abandoned well on Saturday determined that it was leaking. The report, which was called in to the center Sunday evening, names BP as the suspected responsible party. It says that the equipment captured footage of a release, and that remedial actions would be determined based on the results of the sampling.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement and Regulation confirmed that the report was associated with the incident.
Is BP’s Macondo Well Site Still Leaking? Fresh Oil on the Gulf Raises Concerns and Haunting Memories
One theory: The Macondo Well site, located just 40 miles off the Louisiana coast, is still leaking untold amounts of oil into the Gulf. Some argue that the casing on the capped well itself is leaking. Others believe oil is seeping through cracks and fissures in the seafloor caused by months of high-impact work on the site, including a range of recovery activities (some disclosed, some not) as well as the abortive “top kill” effort.
In January 2011, a prominent “geohazards specialist” wrote an urgent letter to two members of Congress – U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and John Shimkus, chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment and Economy – suggesting that the Macondo site is leaking oil like a sieve. Here’s an excerpt from that letter (see it in its entirety at link below):
There is no question that the oil seepages, gas columns, fissures and blowout craters in the seafloor around the Macondo wellhead… have been the direct result of indiscriminate drilling, grouting, injection of dispersant and other undisclosed recover activities. As the rogue well had not been successfully cemented and plugged at the base of the well by the relief wells, unknown quantities of hydrocarbons are still leaking out from the reservoir at high pressure and are seeping through multiple fault lines to the seabed. It is not possible to cap this oil leakage.