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State and federal authorities are investigating an oil “glow” detected in the ocean , near the ruptured pipeline that caused the large oil spill Oil last month vs. Orange County , in southern California , authorities said.
“It’s a slight glow, not a smudge,” said US Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Braham . “The Coast Guard and they formed a team. They are currently investigating it. ”
A response team to the marine pollution was investigating the brightness of 30 by 70 feet , announced the Coast Guard authorities, around 1: 30 pm on Saturday. The source of the glow had yet to be determined and it was not immediately known when it was first detected.
Braham said the oil glow was reported to cover an area of 70 feet by 25 feet and compared it to the multi-colored eddies that appear in water when diesel gas is spilled on a dock. Divers who work for Amplified Energy , the company that operates the oil rigs and pipeline that caused the spill, reported on the glow.
# Update Oil sheen approximately 30 × 70 ‘in size has been reported in vicinity of damaged pipeline. Unified Command has dispatched pollution responders, aircraft and boats to investigate reported sheen. More information will be distributed as available # OCoilspill
– USCG Southern California (@USCGSoCal) November 20, 2021
Approximately 3 o’clock: 15 pm, the Coast Guard reported that the glow is not “currently observed by assets in the water and air, The previous synthetic glass envelope was removed from the pipe and a new wrap was installed. Crews will monitor the line overnight to ensure its effectiveness. The pipeline has been closed since the initial incident on October 2. ”
# Update2 No sheen is currently observed by on-water and aerial assets. Previous syntho-glass wrap was removed from pipeline, new wrap was installed. Crews will monitor the line overnight ensuring effectiveness. The pipeline has remained shut down since the initial incident Oct 2
– USCG Southern California (@USCGSoCal) November 20, 2203794
Orange County Supervisor, Katrina Foley , said on Twitter that “Coast Guard Petty Officer in Charge Richard Brahm said the substance does not immediately resemble what officials saw last month ”.
US Coast Guard Petty Officer in Charge Richard Brahm said the substance doesn’t immediately resemble what officials saw last month.— Supervisor Katrina Foley (@SupervisorFoley) November 20, 2021
The reported oil glow occurs approximately seven weeks after a pipeline ruptured at high sea off the coast of Orange County will spill approximately 25, 03 gallons of crude oil in the ocean.
The authorities of the US Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board believe that an anchor from a cargo ship collided with a pipeline off Huntington Beach and eventually caused the October oil spill.
Oil slicks washed ashore, greasing birds and forced the Orange County beaches to close for days. Post-spill cleanup efforts took nearly a month.
Coast Guard investigators identified Thursday a second ship believed to have been in the area of the October spill.