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Sorry my friend but the gulf was leaking oil and methane from many locations long before the blow out. My sense is that they noticed an uptick in the amount leaking and the number of locations it was leaking from. If you think about all the geological changes we are seeing around the world, it begings to makes sense. Why would the gulf be left out ot the process. Lame maybe, but no worse than some of the other Ideas expounded upon in this thread. Appreciate your input. lol rken

Cold seeps. Could also be the cause of the reefs we are seeing
A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where hydrogen sulfide, methane and other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage occurs, often in the form of a brine pool. Cold seeps constitute a biome supporting several endemic species.

Cold seeps develop unique topography over time, where reactions between methane and seawater create carbonate rock formations and reefs. These reactions may also be dependent on bacterial activity. Ikaite, a hydrous calcium carbonate, can be associated with oxidizing methane at cold seeps.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

[link to www.gomr.boemre.gov]

chemo-synthetic communities nice picutres if you giggle. could be your reef. some look like underwater snow.

chemo-synthetic communitie
[link to www.rense.com]

Tons of Oil Seeps into Gulf of Mexico Each Year
Roger Mitchell
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301-231-0660Scientists find that tons of oil seep into the Gulf of Mexico each year
Twice an Exxon Valdez spill worth of oil seeps into the Gulf of Mexico every year, according to a new study that will be presented January 27 at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
[link to earthobservatory.nasa.gov]

The question is was it increasing prior to the blow out and drilling. rken