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What you have in your hand is the concentrated material that came out of your sample. we were able to identify the concentration of oil. >> this is teeny, tiny bottle. this is the oil you extracted. was it pretty potent? >> yeah. it was the highest sample we have gotten into the laboratory. >> the highest sample? >> yes. >> highest potency? >> yes. >> reporter: are you surprised? >> yeah. im a little surprised. but many of the samples weve gotten up to this point were free contaminant samples. i...

>> yeah, i am a little surprised. many of the samples we have gotten up to this point were precontaminant samples. i dont know where you took the sample, obviously, it was in high contamination. >> took it off the chandeleur islands near a popular fishing spot near a pelican nesting area. i know you are no marine biologist but this cannot be good for the wildlife. his answer, essentially, was no. t.j., bottom line as we continue to focus whats happening 5,000 feet below the water, the political ...

This is the oil. was it potent? >> yeah, it was the highest sample we have gotten. >> the highest sample? >> yes. >> reporter: highest potency? >> yes. >> reporter: are you surprised? >> yeah. im a little surprised. many samples to this point were, of course, precontaminant samples. i dont know where you took the sample. obviously it was in high contamination. >> took it off the chandelier islands near a popular fishing spot, near a pelican nesting area, i know youre not a marine biologist, but ...