Oil Company Took More Than 3 Hours to Stop Biggest California Oil Spill in Decades
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Report: Company waited over 3 hours to shut down OC pipeline after alarm
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one it’s now dealing with in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of the San Pedro Bay Pipeline if its sensors picked up a sudden loss of pressure. That’s not what happened, investigators revealed Tuesday.After an alarm went off in a company control room at 2:30 a.m. Saturday — signaling a rupture that would spill tens of tho…
OC oil spill: Oil rig operators waited 3 hours to shut off damaged pipeline, report says
It appears a ship's anchor may have hooked the pipe and caused the leak, according to investigators. Meanwhile, close to 1,500 workers have joined the fight to help clean up.
O.C. oil spill: Company waited more than 3 hours to shut down pipeline after alarm went off
Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one it’s now dealing with in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of the San Pedro Bay …
Delay after alarm puts California spill response in question - Egypt Independent
Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one it’s now dealing with in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of the San Pedro Bay Pipeline if its sensors picked up a sudden loss of pressure. That’s not what happened, investigators revealed Tuesday.After an alarm went off in a company control room at 2:30 a.m. Saturday — signaling a rupture that would spill tens of thousands of gallons of c…
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