Shell Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

The Louisiana Responder is visible at the site of an oil spill as vessels continue skimming operations to clean up oil that leaked from a flow line at one of Shell's drilling sites about 90 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says about 88,200 gallons of oil leaked from the line.

Unique identifier: GP0STPU6I

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/05/2016

Locations: Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © Derick Hingle / Greenpeace

Size: 4626px × 3084px 7MB

Latitude: 27°43'4.68"N

Longitude: 90°13'52.74"W

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Shell Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Oil is visible on the surface of the water at the site of an oil spill at Shell’s Brutus Platform. Vessels continue skimming operations to clean up oil that leaked from a flow line at one of Shell's drilling sites about 90 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says about 88,200 gallons of oil leaked from the line. The company says the skimmers will pick up what oil they can from the Gulf's surface.

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