BP/Gulf Oil Gusher Tar Balls Along Texas Coast are From Deepwater Horizon by Gary Kopycinski on July 6, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in BP/Gulf Oil Gusher: Statement of Chris Canfield One Year After Deepwater Horizon Explosion April 20, 2011 Groups Tell Congress: Get Together and Get Gulf Restoration Done April 20, 2011 BP’s Criminal Negligence Exposed April 20, 2011 HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2010. Tar balls collected from the Crystal Beach area of the Bolivar Peninsula on Saturday came from the Deepwater Horizon spill, tests have confirmed, but it is unclear how the material got to Texas.