WASHINGTON, DC — Workers have deployed containment booms and skimmer
devices as they attempt to contain a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
discovered after Hurricane Ida roared through the area, the US Coast Guard said
Sunday.
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The spill is in waters off Port Fourchon, Louisiana — near where
Ida made
landfall — in a region that is a major hub of the US petrochemical
industry.
An oil slick now extends more than a dozen miles through the warm waters of
the Gulf but has yet to reach shore, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The Coast Guard in Louisiana said it had been informed of a spill in that
area and was responding, but provided few details.
Talos Energy, a Texas firm specializing in offshore oil and gas exploration,
is sending a diving team to the area Sunday to seek the source of the leak, the
Coast Guard said.
In a statement, Talos Energy said: "An ongoing investigation has not
determined the cause of the release at this time; however, extensive field
observations indicate that Talos assets are not the source."
Talos said it is using booms and skimmers to recover the oil.
Packing winds of up to 240km/h, Ida roared through Louisiana last Sunday,
causing catastrophic damage, according to local authorities.
Downgraded later to tropical storm status, Ida nonetheless retained rare
power as it rumbled through the US Northeast, leaving dozens dead.
It was in the petroleum-rich Gulf of Mexico that, in 2010, an explosion
ripped through the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, touching off the worst oil
spill in history.
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