Happy Tuesday! We hope everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend!
We like to do follow-up of
our blog, if we hear anything new on the something we blogged about previously. We
wrote about the Gulf having an oil spill which is under investigation on
November 28, 2023, and a follow-up on December 12, 2023, so please check them out. We
were hoping there would be a conclusion, but it appears the drama is continuing!
Did anyone happen to
read The Houston Chronicle’s Business Section on January 15,
2024, their article titled, “Source of oil spill into Gulf still baffles –
Investigation of 1.1 million gallons of crude released in November continues to
drag on”? The article was about how it has been two months since 1.1
million gallons of oil was reported, and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) is
no closer to finding its cause. Their
investigators have inspected miles and miles of pipeline in the area and found
no leaks. They believed the culprit was
a pipeline owned by Third Coast Infrastructure, and they have had them shutdown
the pipeline, but as on now they still haven’t found a leak. Then, while Third Coast’s pipeline was inactive
another spill was located in December in a similar area in the Gulf. The USCG hasn’t figured out if the two incidents
are related or are separate cases. The spills
could’ve come from several different sources from active pipelines to the
seabed’s abandoned wells and pipelines or anything in the area which handles
crude oil. They have to determine the
type of crude oil, where it comes from, and who owns the type of oil in the
area is a mystery to be figured out like a whodunit! The
USCG have limited resources and looks like they have come to a point where they
can’t have as many people on the spill and its investigation. We do wish the investigators luck! We will keep posted on if and when the USCG
finds the culprit! If you would like to read more of The Houston
Chronicle’s article, please click the link: Gulf of Mexico oil spill source a mystery 2 months later (houstonchronicle.com).
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We hope you have a wonderful evening! Keep warm!
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