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.

Orange County supervisors voted Wednesday to accept nearly $1 million from Amplify Energy to cover expenses incurred responding to the oil spill off the waters of Huntington Beach in October.

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.

Amplify Energy, the company that owns an oil rig that spilled crude into the waters off of Huntington Beach, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against two shipping companies accused of dragging anchors over the pipe that sprung a leak.

An oil sheen spotted off the coast of Bolsa Chica State Beach on Thursday are “inconsistent” with the oil from October’s spill. The CDFW is investigating further.

An oil sheen was reported off the Orange County coast. Video broadcast Thursday Dec. 16, 2021 on Today in LA.

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

Fishing along the Orange County coast resumes Monday, after an oil spill forced a shutdown of fisheries since Oct. 3.

The change is a big step toward recovery for the Huntington Beach coast, after the Oct. 2 oil spill banned fishing for over a month. Michelle Valles reports for Today in LA on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.

No additional oil sheen was spotted Sunday near the site of the October oil spill in Huntington Beach, officials said. The Saturday sheen was likely residual, but authorities will continue to monitor the area.

Authorities will be keeping a close eye on an area off the coast of Huntington Beach after an oil sheen was spotted Saturday morning. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2021.

Several lawmakers will hold a hearing in Orange County on Monday about the recent oil leak near Huntington Beach. They’ll be investigating the immediate effects of the oil leak on communities, businesses and the environment.

The U.S. Coast Guard is now taking a closer look at a ship that may be linked to the Huntington Beach oil spill.

More than 80 birds and fish affected by oil from a pipeline leak off the shores of have been recovered, with more than half dying, officials said Tuesday.

Finding the cause of the Huntington Beach oil spill, who is to blame and if they will be held accountable could take years.

San Diego County continues to receive reports of tar balls washing up on local beaches. County Public Health officials are still waiting for tests to confirm if the tar balls are related to the oil spill in Orange County or the result of natural seepage. In any case, preventative action is being taken locally, and not just on the ground….

As the effort continues to clean up a massive oil spill that started off the coast of Huntington Beach, the city and state beaches will reopen Monday for the first time since last Sunday.

The city of Huntington Beach and the California State Parks announced Sunday that they plan to reopen both city and state beaches in Huntington Beach on Monday.

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.