NEW ORLEANS – The edge of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach the Mississippi River delta by Friday and a new technique to break up the oil a mile underwater could be tried, officials said.
As of Thursda, part of the slick was about three miles from the Louisiana shore, said National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration spokesman Charles Henry said. It’s too late to stop some of the spill from reaching the coast, but BP PLC said it might attempt to break up some of the oil spewing from a blown-out a mile under water.
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