Authorities Are Cleaning Up an Oil Spill in Southeast Louisiana

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, May 7, 2025
By: Jack Brook

Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that spewed crude and natural gas for more than a week.

Upwards of 79,000 gallons (299,047 liters) of “oily water mixture” have been recovered near Garden Island Bay in Plaquemines Parish at the edge of the Mississippi River Delta Basin, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. The region is still recovering from the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 15 years ago. Read more.

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