US Coast Guard looking for source of pipeline leak in Gulf of Mexico
by Guardian staff and agency from Environment | The Guardian on (#6GJA8)
A 67-mile long line was closed last Thursday after after an estimated 1m gallons of crude oil was released
The US Coast Guard said on Tuesday it is still seeking the source of a leak from a pipeline linked to a Houston-based firm, off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico which it estimated has released more than 1m gallons of crude oil.
The 67-mile long undersea pipeline was closed by Main Pass Oil Gathering Co (MPOG) last Thursday after crude oil was spotted around 19 miles offshore of the Mississippi River Delta, near Plaquemines Parish, south-east of New Orleans.
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