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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]
When the Taylor Energy oil drilling platform toppled over in September 2004, its 500-foot-tall metal legs twisted and bent as the looming structure sank to the seafloor. Hurricane Ivan's pummeling ...
In 2015, the Associated Press reported on Taylor Energy's broken well, and noted that Taylor Energy had only one full-time employee in April 2015. [13] By October 2018, the continuing spill was approaching the level of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill , [ 14 ] the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.
In January and February 1969, in the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara, in Southern California. It was the largest oil spill in United States waters at the time, and now ranks third after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 1989 Exxon Valdez spills. It remains the largest oil spill to have occurred in the waters off California.
Two months before his death in 2004, one of Taylor Energy's oil platforms was knocked over due to a underwater mudslide caused by Hurricane Ivan. Due to inaction and inability to block the leaks, the Taylor Energy Spill has become the longest ongoing oil spill in United States and is one of the largest oil spills by volume in the Gulf of Mexico ...
See dramatic photos, videos of damage from tornado that slammed SLO County. John Lynch. February 8, 2024 at 12:30 PM.
Photos and videos captured the "biblical devastation" in Asheville, North Carolina as residents scramble to find resources after flooding and power outages caused gas and water shortages.. Roads ...
A crude oil spill was spotted coming from a leaking oil pipeline off of Grand Isle, Louisiana. About 8,000 barrels of crude were spilled. [46] A Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Company crude oil pipeline ruptured near Shiprock, New Mexico, spilling 285,000 US gallons (1,080,000 L) of crude oil into the San Juan River, polluting it for 100 miles ...