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| Conservation |Oil Spill Galveston | Search |Comments | Site Map |
12/26/2006
NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - An undersea
crude oil pipeline ruptured on
Sunday after being hit by a ship's anchor, spilling over 20,000
gallons
of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico and leaving a half-mile
long oil
slick on the water.
A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Transportation said the
extent of
the damage to the High Island Pipeline, which is operated by
Plains All
American Pipeline L.P. (PAA.N: Quote, Profile , Research), was
still
being evaluated....
A 60-yard-wide oil sheen was visible on the water extending half
a mile
from the site of the accident, which occurred about 30 miles
southeast
of Galveston, Texas, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
"(The pipeline) is still leaking about 80 to 400 gallons per day
of
oil," Coast Guard spokesman Adam Wine said.