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Crews work to assess, control Santa Barbara-area oil spill
2015-05-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Efforts to clean the crude-stained Santa Barbara coastline ramped up Thursday as scientists, government officials and workers tried to get a handle on the size, extent and environmental impact of Tuesday's oil spill. Officials responding to the spill, which sent an estimated 21,000 gallons of oil into the water near Refugio State Beach, asked for patience as the massive cleanup effort turned into a 24-hour operation with some 300 workers and 18 boats. Investigators were still working Thursday...
Oil Again Fouling California Coast Near Site of Historic Spill
2015-05-22 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Refugio State Beach is one of the treasures of the California coast, a little-known curve of beach in the hills that on weekends like this one Memorial Day would be sprinkled with people who made their way up from Santa Barbara, about 20 miles down the Pacific Coast. But not on Thursday. Refugio was filled not with vacationers, but with teams of workers in white coveralls and masks, scooping up sand fouled with oil that had washed in after a pipeline broke earlier this week. The smell of oil,...
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Santa Barbara oil spill: Crude flowed 'well below' capacity in ruptured pipe
2015-05-22 04:07:26| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The onshore pipeline behind this week's Santa Barbara oil spill was operating "well below its maximum operating capacity" when it ruptured and leaked more than 100,000 gallons of crude on coastal lands and into the ocean, the oil company said Thursday. The underground oil pipeline was carrying 1,300 barrels an hour, below its maximum capacity of 2,000 barrels an hour, said Rick McMichael of Plains All American Pipeline.
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Latest on California oil spill: Governor declares emergency
2015-05-22 04:07:25| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A broken onshore pipeline spewed oil down a storm drain and into the ocean... . Crews from Patriot Environmental Services collect oil-covered seaweed and sand from the shoreline at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2015.
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A series of settlements in 2010 Gulf oil spill
2015-05-22 04:07:24| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A committee of lawyers representing businesses and individuals claiming damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill announced a $211 million settlement Wednesday with Transocean Ltd., owner of the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. In a separate development, oil giant BP - which leased the rig from Transocean - reached settlements resolving years of complicated spill-related litigation with Transocean, and with contractor Halliburton, which did cement work on the rig before it exploded in April 2010.
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