Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27072620 Brine is nothing more than super-salty seawater, for the most part.Being in the gulf, and being a wellhead, I am sure it is something other than air or water..Again, I do not think they would rule out oil as being the likely culprit if it was black and resembled oil.I am thinking methane.To the poster who said dispersant, I do not know but I would doubt that - how would dispe