Ruptured California pipeline leaked up to 105,000 gallons of oil
Tuesday's oil spill off the California coast may have leaked up to 105,000 gallons of oil out from the ruptured pipeline, the Associated Press reported, citing the pipeline's operator.
Originally, US Coast Guard officials estimated that the approximately 21,000 gallons of oil had spilled out of a pipeline operated by Plains All American Pipeline. The type of oil was later identified as crude, and officials said the spill had stretched out to approximately nine miles across Santa Barbara County's Refugio Beach.
The company stated to AP that the 105,000 gallon estimate was a "worst-case scenario" and that it does not know exactly how much oil actually seeped into the ocean. The pipeline itself is onshore, but oil traveled down a storm drain before hitting the Pacific Ocean.
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