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The WHOI scientists analyzed the oil on the debris using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography, a technique that can identify the thousands of individual chemical compounds that comprise different oils from different reservoirs. The chemical “fingerprints” of oil on the debris and oil from Deepwater Horizon matched. (Courtesy of Bob Nelson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)