Oil leak off Louisiana coast contained but clean up continues, Coast Guard says

Out of the unused well after a week after a week after a week LouisianaThe US Coast Guard announced Sunday evening that offshore good blout – first reported on April 26 – it was controlled.

The well was leaking oil and natural gas in a 30 to 40-foot high “oil gizer”, as a witness described, polluting the adjoining Marshland and the bay coast and reacting an urgent reaction to a large size.

“The control of discharge is an important milestone, but it simply identifies as the beginning of our work. The unified command is committed to fully cleaning and the site will be on the site as long as it needs to remove oil and ensure the protection of both the community and ecosystem,” the US Coast Guard has observed Kalahan.

The Federal Government took control of the response to Thursday, coordinating the Coast Guard Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, which operates the well from Spectrum OPO. Cleanup and mitigation attempts are underway with the National Ocean and atmospheric administration, Coast Guard and multiple states and local organizations, as well as private contractors appointed by well.

The Coast Guard said that an “oil -based bird” was seen near the spill site, but it was not detected. The company has said that no other wildlife impact has been reported yet. However, the federal map online indicates that pollutants have flowed into a protected region for endangered sea turtles.

NOAA’s response and recovery office, which provides scientific assistance when the oil and chemicals are spread, have recently seen a Strictly reduced staffThe According to former employees of talking to CBS News, the Trump administration under the White House has lost 30 of its 85 employees members after the Trump administration has taken the expenses of the Trump administration. Government skill department Initiative

Members of the reaction and recovery personnel responded to about 150 events a year and trained about a thousand people from public and private businesses about “scientific aspects of oil and chemical spill reactions”, according to the website. The former Federal disaster response experts and national environmental groups Anxious About the ability to continue the mission of the program office and to respond to emergency situations such as Louisiana oil spread. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has Push to extend offshore oil drilling And accelerate the permission process, reduces the deadline in just one to two years of the present.

Authorities did not disclose information about the reason for the fact that the Louisiana was published in the marshlands on the coastal coast or the total amount of total oil. However, a report filed by the Coast Guard’s National Response Center said that “the amount of discharge can reach a large spread on coastal water – 1,5,3 gallons.” This report was made publicly by the non -profit Watchdog Group Skytruth that monitors environmental hazards around the world using satellite images.

So far, the Coast Guard says it has collected about 70,000 gallons of oily water mixed from the Spill Region.

The event highlights a wide challenge run by Louisiana and other states: the growing problem of orphans and older oil wells. The 2021 Bilateral infrastructure law Allot $ 4.7 billion to Cap orphan Wales nationwide. Louisiana received $ 25 million, which allowed the state to plug 500 wells – though more than 4,000 still would still be unpapped, according to the state. They are expected to get $ 86 million more in the coming years – probably more than half of the state’s wells are at risk for the current spread of the Garden Islands in the Garden Island Gulf.

This is particularly good, as known as #59, it has not been abandoned, but according to the Coast Guard, it was not measurable oil pressure since the 1990s. The Coast Guard says it was secured when it stopped from use in 20 2016.

“The well was protected by shutting the valves … (and) the time for a cement poured or injection was not injected to leave the well,” said Coast Guard’s Information Officer Philip Vanderweight.

Due to the remote nature of the spill site among the other challenges, the caping equipment took about a week to come into the scene. The oil was sprayed for eight recorded days till Sunday leaked.

Members Placmines parish Say CBS News Leaks occur frequently like Well #59 events, and for a long time a lot of oil can be spread, until no pedestrian sees them.

A recent study estimates that the only Mexico bay contains more than 14,000 unplugged oils and gas wells.