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Divers Are Investigating The Source Of Oil Spill Off The Coast Of Louisiana

Posted on AllSides September 5th, 2021
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Divers were working Sunday to locate the source of an oil spill roughly two miles off the coast of Louisiana, in the Bay Marchand area of the Gulf of Mexico, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. John Edwards said Houston-based Talos Energy, an oil and gas company with operations in the Gulf, had hired Clean Gulf Associates as the oil spill response organization for the polluted area in Bay Marchand.

Talos has also contracted the dive team that will determine the source of the spill, Edwards...

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https://www.npr.org/2021/09/05/1034458509/divers-are-investigating-the-source-of-oil-spill-off-the-coast-of-louisiana

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