July 28, 2008--Spills routine for offshore oil drilling (Denver Post)
When a Union Oil Co. well off the California coast blew out in January 1969, an estimated 80,000 barrels of crude spewed into the Santa Barbara Channel — fouling beaches and marring the offshore industry's reputation. With the nation now debating whether to open more areas to oil and gas drilling, the oil industry can rightly claim it has avoided a repeat of that disaster, even as offshore activity has ballooned. But offshore operators continue to spill thousands of barrels of oil, fuel and chemicals into federal waters each year, government records show.
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