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October 24, 2017

Pipeline, Barge Disasters Lead to Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills
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In the Gulf of Mexico, officials with the LLOG Exploration Company say a
rupture in a pipeline south of Louisiana this month led to the Gulf's
largest oil spill since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The spill
dumped an estimated 672,000 gallons of oil into one-mile-deep water
about 40 miles off the coast. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard has called off
a search for two workers who went missing Friday after their oil barge
exploded in waters off the coast of Port Aransas, Texas. The barge was
carrying 133,000 barrels of crude oil, some of which spilled into the
Gulf.


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