NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana's southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
The oil discharge was discovered amid high winds in the Gulf, which helped some of the oil evaporate and disperse.
The Coast Guard said the oil was discovered near a pipeline system owned by Main Pass Oil Company, a subsidiary of Houston-based Third Coast Infrastructure LLC.
WWL-TV reported Friday that pipeline gauges indicated 1.1 million gallons of oil were lost.
The amount is far less than the 2010 BP oil disaster, when 134 million gallons were released in the weeks following an oil rig explosion.
Persons:
Kelly Denning
Organizations:
ORLEANS, U.S . Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Fish, Wildlife, Pass Oil, Infrastructure LLC, Federal, for Biological Diversity
Locations:
Gulf, Mexico, U.S, Louisiana, Guard's, Orleans, Houston