The Coast Guard investigates a cargo vessel that was in the area before a pipeline break off the Orange County coast spilled 144,000 gallons of oil.
The U.S. Coast Guard investigated a vessel in Oakland on Wednesday as part of its probe into whether apunctured an oil pipeline off the coast of Orange County and spilled 144,000 gallons of crude.
A final determination of the spill’s cause may take months, but the Coast Guard is focusing on the possibility that a ship’s anchor ruptured the pipeline. Officials emphasized, however, that the probe is in its early stages.Global positioning data provided to The Times shows that the Rotterdam Express, a German container ship, was anchored Friday near the area of the oil spill and was in Port of Oakland on Wednesday.
John Amos, president of Skytruth, a nonprofit organization that uses satellite technology to track environmental issues, said his firm has been analyzing data of ship movements Friday night in the area of the pipeline, when the spill was first detected. Skytruth examined the location data for the Rotterdam Express over a number of days when it was anchored in the area and found it was the closest ship to the pipeline.
He added that it is possible the actual location of the pipeline differs from what is shown in federal mapping data. Amos said the 40-year-old line could have shifted over time, moved either by natural events or other anchor strikes that didn’t cause leaks, and the change in location has not been noted on official sources.
The displacement, federal sources said, is best explained by a ship’s anchor dragging across the ocean floor and hooking the pipeline. There were multiple large cargo vessels in the immediate area of the leak before the oil was spotted.
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