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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]
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.
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 ...
This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons , 256 Imperial gallons , 7.33 barrels , or 1165 litres .
A tree fell at Majestic Tile and Flooring in Grover Beach around 4 p.m., but was cleaned up for free by Mike Leon, who was in town at the time with his tree care tools.
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 ...
Sarah Dziadzio, 22, of Fenton, holds a homemade Taylor Swift-themed sign to support her sister, runner Kayla Dziadzio, 29, of Fenton, during the 47th annual Detroit Free Press Marathon presented ...
Taylor Energy oil spill; V. Vermilion Block 380 platform This page was last edited on 22 September 2017, at 03:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...