Large-scale oil spill in the USA
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About three thousand barrels of oil spilled about 7.2 km offshore. An oil slick with an area of approximately 34 sq. km.
A large-scale oil spill occurred off the coast of Southern California (USA). About three thousand barrels of oil flowed out of the offshore oil production facility, which is approximately 477 thousand liters. Writes about it ABC News.
The leak is believed to have occurred approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) offshore. An oil slick with an area of approximately 34 sq. km.
According to the mayor of Huntington Beach, Kim Carr, an oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, Orange County in southern California is tantamount to an environmental disaster.
The US Coast Guard was notified of the spill around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday. By Sunday morning, the oil reached the shore. She reached Talbert Swamp and the Santa Ana River.
Oil recovery equipment was deployed to prevent oil from entering the Bolsam Chica Ecological Reserve and the Huntington Beach Wetlands.
As of Sunday night, the Coast Guard had recovered 3,150 gallons (about 12,000 liters) of oil from the water and a 5,360 ft (1.6 km) boom had been deployed.
According to media reports, the death of fish and other marine life has already been observed, and birds covered with oil slick have been seriously affected.
As previously reported, off the coast of the United States found large oil slick.
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