NEW ORLEANS, La. - Prompted by recent press reports of oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP and the U.S. Coast Guard's Gulf Coast Incident Management Team conducted a visual inspection of the well. In a joint statement Friday, they said there is no release of oil occurring at the well. According to a separate Coast Guard news release, two remotely-operated vehicles were deployed from the Grant Candies at 4:30 p.m. Thursday to survey the Macondo 252 wellhead and found no evidence of leaking oil. (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 08/26/11)
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