Fresh Oil collected near Haskell's Beach
Channel: Sean Anderson
Date: 2015-05-28

This is fresh oil collected from the sandy beach in Santa Barbara County (at Haskell's Beach).  We need to wait for samples to be fingerprinted to definitively determine that this was the Refugio Oil Spill, but the quality of the oil and amount of it on the beach argues strongly that this was indeed from the pipeline break on May 19.  Opening the bag gives you a strong crude oil smell and the volatile organics waft up into the air.  It has the consistency of warm peanut butter.