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Mar 1 6:55 am
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Houston oil company sues over pipeline leak that closed Orange County beaches

Amy Taxin, Associated Press

Amplify Energy Corp. claims that in January 2021 two ships dragged their anchors across the pipeline that ferried crude from an oil platform that’s about 12 miles off the Long Beach coast.

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Dec 25 10:00 am
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Environmental officials discover source of oil sheen spotted off Orange County coast this week

Fernando Haro

Operations for Oxnard-based DCOR, LLC’s pipeline were halted this week after it was discovered that the source of the oil discharge was within its vicinity

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Dec 17 5:31 pm
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Officials find no discharge of oil off Orange County coast

Fernando Haro

Overflights and on-water assessments have concluded that there is currently no discharge of oil off the Orange County coast.

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Dec 16 12:10 pm
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Two new likely oil sheens spotted off Orange County coast

Anthony Pignataro

Though booms have been deployed at Talbert Marsh, Bolsa Chica and the Santa Ana River, there are no reports of oil or any shoreline impact at these locations at this time, according to the Coast Guard.

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Dec 15 4:06 pm
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U.S. grand jury charges oil company in Orange County spill

The Associated Press

Federal prosecutors said Amplify Energy Corp. and its two subsidiaries that operate oil rigs and a pipeline off Long Beach were charged with a misdemeanor for illegally discharging oil.

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Dec 8 1:03 pm
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Leaking Orange County oil pipe’s safeguards not fully working

Brian Melley and Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Experts say that a properly functioning leak detection system might have been able to catch that things were amiss before an oil sheen spotted on the surface led to the leak’s discovery.

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Nov 30 7:48 am
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California to reopen fishing after offshore oil spill

The Associated Press

The fishing ban that had been in place since the Huntington Beach oil spill will lift today at midday.

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Nov 20 2:47 pm
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Possible new oil leak investigated off Huntington Beach coast 

City News Service

Such sheens are often seen when diesel gas is spilled, but the cause of Saturday’s sighting has not been determined yet, the Coast Guard said.  

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Nov 5 4:18 pm
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Orange County oil spill cleanup improves, fisheries to stay closed longer

The Associated Press

Crews have removed upward of 500,000 pounds of tar balls, as well as oil-tainted sand, seaweed and driftwood. The amount of oily debris collected each day has tapered off, and more than a third of the shoreline is nearing final cleanup approval.

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Nov 2 9:01 am
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After Orange County oil spill, environmentalists plan to sue US

The Associated Press

They say the federal government has failed to review and update plans for aging oil platforms off the coast.

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