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  2. Taylor Energy oil spill - Wikipedia

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    Oil sheen from the nearby Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred in 2010. Crews monitoring the area observed a similar contamination profile coming from the old Taylor Energy site. As of 2014, the sheen was approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide and 14 miles (23 km) long, with an average of 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long. [4]

  3. Oil Pollution Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    As a result Congress placed oil pollution under the authority of the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 [5] (later amended by the Clean Water Act in 1972). The 1970 law set specific liability limitations. For example, vessels transporting oil were liable only up to $250,000 or $150 per gross ton. These limitations rarely covered the cost of ...

  4. US Steelworkers union looks to clean energy to replace job ...

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    By Erwin Seba. GONZALES, Louisiana (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union is counting on clean energy projects to spur membership growth, offsetting losses at oil refining and petrochemical ...

  5. List of Superfund sites in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Louisiana designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

  6. Deepwater Horizon oil spill response - Wikipedia

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    A variety of techniques were used to address fundamental strategies for addressing the spilled oil, which were: to contain oil on the surface, dispersal, and removal. While most of the oil drilled off Louisiana is a lighter crude, the leaking oil was of a heavier blend which contained asphalt-like substances.

  7. Tallahassee judge will consider request to block oil drilling ...

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    A year-long effort to block a Louisiana company’s plans to operate a wildcat oil rig along the environmentally fragile Apalachicola River will soon come to a head: An administrative hearing is ...

  8. Federal authorities investigate underwater oil pipeline leak ...

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    Federal authorities said Saturday that they're investigating a leak from an underwater oil pipeline off the coast of Louisiana. The National Transportation Safety Board said on X, formerly known ...

  9. Back to Work Coalition - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana oil and gas industry is really four industries in one. There is the familiar exploration and production segment, which is responsible for finding and producing oil and natural gas. Next there is the refining section, which takes crude oil and turns it into useful products like gasoline, diesel and chemical feed stock.

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