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The residual 26% is in the process of being degraded. if you are talking about a 5 million barrel disaster there is a lot of degrading to hope for. joining us from ve nis, louisiana, anne thompson. thanks for joining us tonight. >> it is a pleasure, rachel. >> anne, how is the news from the administration being received in venice on how much oil is left in the gulf? >> i would say it is being received with a healthy doze of skepticism. these are people who go out every day into the waters of the gulf as members of the vessel of opportunity program here and they are seeing oil primarily near sh...

Of being degraded, and when you were talking about a 5 million barrel disaster that 26% of course means there is a lot of degrading to hope for. joining us now live from venice, louisiana, is nbc news chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson, and thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> a pleasure, rachel. >> ann, how is the news from the administration being received down in venice on how much oil is left in the gulf? >> i would say it is is being received with the healthy dose of skepticism. these are people who go out everyday into the waters of the gulf as members of t...

Gone? the government reported that 75% of the oil has essentially been taken care of or is well on the way of being taken care of in one way or another. on the one hand, great. on the other hand, huh? the report says a quarter f of all the oil was sucked up through the cap, skimmed or burned. another quarter was naturally dispersed through mother nature's kind, warm wavy waves and a little less than a quarter was dispersed through human operations meaning a titanic volume of chemical dispersants whose long-term effects are unknown. according to the report of 2010, the remaining 26% of the oil ...

We have to do further analysis and adjust the numbers, we do that. the early flow numbers were based on looking at pictures, images of the flow as we got more information we were able to refine this so we put out a new number this week. in this instance, this analysis has been going on for some time and i think for the people of the gulf, that is where we are really focused here, what they need to know is that while some more tar balls nor sheens may some ashore the vast majority of the oil was contained. we will continue to work in those communities to make sure that oil is cleaned up and to ...

Barrels of oil, again that they're accounting for as still the in environment. that this is residual oil that's still on the top, and in the form of a sheen, still near surface of the water in the form of tar balls. also oil that has come ashore that might be in the sediment, that might be in the sand, that has yet to be unconferrevereunc. big question here is, what will this oil that is still in the environment do to the environment? that's one of the questions they cannot answer right now. but it is very encouraging to see that a quarter of this oil, of this massive oil spill, is apparently ...