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Federal authorities are cleaning up an oil spill in southeast Louisiana
- Federal authorities responded to an oil well blowout near Garden Island Bay in southeast Louisiana that began on April 26, 2025.
- The leak occurred from an 82-year-old well owned by Spectrum OpCo LLC, which had been inactive for nearly a decade, with the cause still under investigation.
- Response teams deployed over 20,000 feet of containment boom and recovered more than 79,000 gallons of oily water mixture while monitoring potential environmental impacts with NOAA support.
- Greg Callaghan, the federal response coordinator, described regaining control of the spill as an important achievement while stressing that ongoing cleanup and safety measures remain a priority.
- The incident highlights ongoing challenges in Louisiana’s coastal oil infrastructure, prompting commitments from federal and state officials to sustain cleanup and protect the environment.
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Louisiana oil spill cleanup underway near Delta
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Old oil well spewed crude and gas for over a week 79,000 gallons of oily water recovered near Garden Island Bay Cleanup led by U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA support teams Spectrum OpCo owns the well; cause still under investigation 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 gall…
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shreveportbossieradvocate.comSpewing oil well off Louisiana's coast brought under control, but cleanup remains
SkyTruth, which uses satellite imagery and other technology to identify environmental problems, has produced imagery showing what it says are oil slicks tens of miles or more from the well.
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Federal authorities start to clean up oil spill in southeast Louisiana
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 of “oily water mixture” have been…
Federal authorities are cleaning up an oil spill in southeast Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — 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.
82-year-old well spewing oil in Louisiana marsh never plugged in hope of future production
First reported by the operator as a "blowout" on the afternoon of April 26 in Plaquemines Parish, the oil spill that the U.S. Coast Guard for days called an "uncontrolled discharge" is coming from an oil well that was drilled 82 years ago and put in inactive status nearly a decade ago by a previous owner.
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