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Oil platforms near Huntington Beach. The Elly well pipeline from the Beta Unit is the source of the 2021 oil spill. The four small islands shown in Long Beach Harbor are artificial islands for oil and gas wells. Commercial divers found the pipeline had been displaced by about 105 ft (32 m) with a 13-inch (33 cm) split along the length of the pipe.
“The spill has significantly affected Huntington Beach, with substantial ecological impacts occurring at the beach and at the Huntington Beach Wetlands,” the statement said.
An aerial photo shows floating barriers known as booms deployed to try to stop further incursion into the Wetlands Talbert Marsh after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021.
One of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled The post Major oil spill off Southern California fouls beaches ...
On May 24, 1920, the first Huntington Beach well, the Huntington A-1 3] was brought in as a producing well By October 1921, the field had 59 producing wells. [4] Even with 16 of those 59 wells being idle, the field produced 16,500 barrels of oil equivalent (101,000 GJ) per day, with each well producing from 50 to 200 barrels daily.
The possible oil spill was first reported about 6:50 p.m. Thursday, the Coast Guard said. "We are actively monitoring reports of an oil sheen near Huntington Beach," Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a ...
2:24 p.m. March 11, 2024: An earlier version of this article stated that a Coast Guard official said the oil spill was caused by natural seepage from the ocean floor off Huntington Beach ...
In 2021, a spill occurred off the coast of Huntington Beach when an underwater pipeline running from the Elly platform to Long Beach leaked about 588 barrels (24,696 gallons) of oil.