Slick Complicates BP Liability Talks

HOUSTON—As U.S. officials and BP PLC negotiate to resolve the company's liability for the Deepwater Horizon spill, some local and state elected officials are citing a newly discovered oil slick as evidence that the full impact of the 2010 accident remains unclear.

Federal officials said late Wednesday that the oil slick, about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast near where the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, matches crude that gushed from the well, which was being drilled by BP. The source of the thin slick, known as a sheen, isn't clear, and officials said it could be oil that had ...

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