When Taylor Energy’s MC20 oil platform collapsed due to an underwater mudslide during 2004’s Hurricane Ivan, it set off what has become known as the ‘longest running oil spill in…
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Taylor Energy Reaches Settlement Over Longest-Running Oil Spill in U.S. History
Louisiana oil and gas company Taylor Energy will be liquidated and required to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States to resolve its liability for an oil…
USCG says Gulf oil leak finally contained after 14 years
The Coast Guard and a team of contractors successfully deployed a subsea system that is able to contain and collect oil being discharged from the Taylor Energy Co. Mississippi Canyon 20 toppled oil platform site 11 miles south of the Louisiana shoreline. The containment system is actively collecting oil.
The installation of the containment system is a major milestone in the Coast Guard’s efforts to contain the Taylor Energy MC20 oil spill that has affected the waters off the Gulf Coast for 14...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/uscg-says-gulf-oil-leak-finally-contained-after-14-years/
Coast Guard responding to Gulf oil discharge
The Coast Guard has partially assumed federal control of response operations to contain an oil discharge from the site of the collapsed Mississippi Canyon Block 20 (MC20) offshore platform 11 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Coast Guard will access the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and assume authority for containing and disposing the oil.
In November, the Coast Guard contracted a specialized team to conduct a comprehensive...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/coast-guard-responding-to-gulf/