what layer is oil found
Scientists on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico are finding a substantial layer of oily sediment stretching for dozens of miles in all directions. Their discovery suggests that a lot of oil from the Deepwater Horizon didn't simply evaporate or dissipate into the water â it has settled to the seafloor.oye can't yet say with certainty that the oily layer is from BP's blown-out well. The organisms that break down oil excrete mucus â copious amounts of mucus. So it's kind of like a slime highway from the surface to the bottom.