Kent oil spill: Slick continues to reduce
Aerial surveillance flights continue to report reduced areas of sheen.
Vessels continue to work to collect and capture any visible surface oil. Reports and
surveillance work demonstrates that the slick is reducing and the risk to the
shoreline diminishing.
Reports have been received of minor spots of oil on the beaches at Deal and both HM
Coastguard and pollution response contractors are undertaking regular patrols
of the beaches.
Oil found so far – which is confirmed to be from the same source as the slick - is of minor
amounts and sparsely spread.
The remotely operated underwater vehicle is continuing to survey a potential source but
these investigations are ongoing.
Any oil found is being cleaned up by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s pollution response
teams.
A spokesperson for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said:
“We continue our work to do all we can to prevent oil from reaching the shore.”