(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard and state officials were monitoring an oil sheen spotted roughly two miles off the coast of California in the same area where a pipeline break caused a spill in October, according to a local media report.
The Huntington Beach Police Department said on Twitter https://twitter.com/HBPoliceDept/status/1471532941582876672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1471532941582876672%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenationaldesk.com%2Fnews%2Famericas-news-now%2Fcoast-guard-california-officials-monitoring-potential-oil-spill on Thursday that it was monitoring an oil sheen about 20 yards by 150 yards, spotted two nautical miles off the coast south of Warne.
Earlier this week, a federal grand jury accused Amplify Energy Corp and two of its subsidiaries of illegally and negligently discharging oil during a pipeline break in California in October and failing to respond to alarms.
(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru)
