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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
Petroleum waste IS organic.
I opined at an earlier thread that it is the "heavy ends" of petroleum products ( oil and gearlube] was involved -- not so much the "lighter ends" of gasoline. (That "bath-tub ring" doesn't appear in early family photos of Winnipesaukee).
I suspect that analyses have already been done on Winnipesaukee -- maybe elsewhere. There are analytical folks everywhere.
We'll just have to wait for shore things to chime in here.

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Sorry, I don't believe that "ring" in your photo is petroleum based. See the attachment from
http://www.buzzardsbay.org/oilpics/algaefactsheet.pdf . Looks very familiar to me. Common mistake, don't feel too bad.....