Oil Spill Glows Under UV Light

Yes dear, Whenever drilling is taken up in search of oil/gas, it is a standard practice to test the drilling samples/cuttings under UV light to find out if the samples contain oil or gas. It is a very welcome sign and cheerful event in drilling oil/gas wells, when we see fluorescence from drilling samples. Unfortunately this is not the case with Gulf of Mexico, where quite large (unknown) quantity of oil is been spewed every day and night. Despite best efforts put up by the drilling contractor the oil spill is not controlled. There was news in media that a very large inverted funnel is being deployed for controlling oil spill. But so far not known if the funnel is in fact deployed or yet to be deployed. Who-so- ever has given the idea of inverted funnel, need to be appreciated for innovative thinking, as nothing seem to work, under deep water. Dr N P Singh