oil spill

Thousands of samples from the 2010 BP oil spill are inside a South Florida warehouse. NBC 6 Investigators were granted exclusive access and explain why some say they could lead to answers.

Federal inspectors found that Plains had made several preventable errors, failed to quickly detect the pipeline rupture and responded too slowly as oil flowed toward the ocean.

A Los Angeles federal grand jury has charged a Texas oil company and two subsidiaries for an oil spill off the California coast in October

Oil has been washing up on Southern California beaches and wetlands all week since a leak in an underwater pipeline from an offshore platform sent tens of thousands of gallons of heavy crude into the ocean waters.

After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast, environmentalists feared the worst. A week later, Orange County and its signature beaches have been spared a potentially calamitous fate, though the long-term toll on plant and animal life remains unknown.

What caused a 13-inch crack in an oil pipeline off the Southern California coast that fouled famed surfing beaches? Experts continue to analyze the facts.

San Diego county officials discussed the county’s emergency response to the oil spill after reports that tar balls were spotted in Oceanside.

Here’s what you need to know about how the leak happened and how it impacts wildlife and humans.

Though California has not granted a lease to a new offshore oil and gas rig in 5 decades, drilling on previously established wells still happens off the coast. But after the Huntington Beach oil spill, activists and politicians are renewing calls to shut down offshore drilling entirely . Lauren Kubiak from the Natural Resources Defense Council explains.

Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one unfolding in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of its pipeline if sensors pick up a sudden loss of pressure

That’s not seaweed on the beach…After an oil spill closed beaches in Huntington Beach, California, crews are on the scene trying to clean up local wildlife and stop oil from clogging up rivers and harming marine life there. NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain shows us a closed beach with oil all over the sand.

Residents, business owners and environmentalists were questioning whether officials reacted quickly enough to contain one of the largest oil spills in recent California history.

Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, caused by a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline that fouled the sands of famed Huntington Beach and could keep the beaches there closed for weeks or longer.

An oil slick off the coast of Newport Beach was caused by a spill from an offshore rig, and has dumped 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean. City officials cancelled the last day of the Pacific Airshow for cleanup efforts.