Second Ship Under Investigation In Connection With Huntington Beach Oil Spill

Second Ship Under Investigation In Connection With Huntington Beach Oil Spill

Share to Linkedin The U. S. Coast Guard is now considering the MSC DANIT, a Panamanian container ship, a "party of interest" in their investigation of the Huntington Beach Oil Spill. The October oil spill released an estimated 140, 000 gallons of oil into Southern California waters. The U. S. Coast Guard has officially designated the Huntington Beach Oil Spill as a "Mass Marine ... [+] Casualty". On the evening of October 1, officials in Newport Beach, California received reports of a possible oil spill a couple of miles off the Southern California coast. By Saturday morning, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) was notified of a potential rupture in a pipeline that carries petroleum inland from the offshore oil platform Elly, one of three oil platforms located off the coast of Long Beach. At the time, the oil slick was reportedly about 3 nautical miles long and heading east towards Huntington Beach. Although the pipeline was quickly shut down, an 13-inch gash in the structure ultimately released between 25, 000 and 140, 000 gallons of oil into the ocean, killing marine life and forcing widespread beach closures. The oil spill has since been officially designated as a