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Crude oil invades Bayou Lafourche Saturday, July 27, from a leak at a Crescent Midland facility between 4065 and 4101 LA 308.
The 2004 Taylor Energy oil spill is an ongoing spill located in the Gulf of Mexico, around 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the result of the destruction of a Taylor Energy oil platform during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. It is the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. [5]
In Monday’s statement, the president cited the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster — in which a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers and causing the largest oil spill in ...
In response to the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill at an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico threatening the coast of Louisiana, Vitter introduced legislation along with Jeff Sessions of Alabama to increase the liability cap of an oil company from $75 million to its most recent annual profits (or $150 million if greater). [51]
The Obama administration opened new areas in U.S. coastal waters to offshore drilling for gas and oil in March 2010, despite the recent Deepwater Horizon explosion and Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico but rescinded the decision in November. In 2018, Trump launched an initiative to expand offshore drilling, excluding Florida.
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It coordinates oil spill responses, develops oil spill contingency plans, trains for oil spill drills, is the lead for the state in natural resource damage assessments for oil spills in Louisiana, maintains the Louisiana Oil Spill Management System, a public database with up to date information on oil spill response and restoration funds ...
To break up oil, roughly 1.8 million gallons of Corexit were dropped from planes and sprayed from boats — far more than previous U.S. oil spills. The manufacturer said it was safer than dish soap.