One of the major problems in identifying oil patches was differentiating the oil from look-alike patches. The look-alikes are naturally occurring dark patches that resemble those of oil slicks. These patches can include, but are not limited to, algae, grease ice and internal waves [3]. The algae blooming season in Lake Maracaibo occurs during rainy seasons, which are the months of April, May, October and November [2]. The time span of the gathered data is from late June to early September. It can therefore be concluded that algae did not skew our data. Grease ice is a soupy layer of frazil crystals that, when clumped together, resembles oil slicks. As this occurrence takes place primarily in the Arctic, it need not be considered as a possible look-alike for the study. Internal wave speeds of less than 3 m/s can also be confused for as look-alike patches. This is the case with Lake Maracaibo as the mean velocity of the tidal system is approximately 0.3 m/s [4].