Nobody really knows what the story with the plumes is, other than a really big problem, bigger than had no dispersant been applied. It's most likely lots of toxic cr@p (Corexit itself) that has broken the oil into tiny droplets suspended in seawater.
"People who have had significant careers in energy have speculated that it need not be a strategy that is confined to surface collection, but by using powerful pumps and 'smart pipe', could be utilized at various depths to retrieve the spreading oil."
Here's your own source, John Hoffmeister on it:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/john-hofmeister-saudi-arabia-oil-spill-052510#ixzz0pdp26c38http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/oil-spill-live-feed-not-enough-05210http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/gulf-oil-spill-supertankers-051310http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/us/16oil.htmlhttp://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/gulf-oil-spill-supertankers-051310About Gulf Oil Spill Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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