New Oil Gusher in Plaquemines Parish
Swede White, WRKF; AP
July 27, 2010
Baton Rouge, LA
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Photo: Frank McMains
Marshland along the La. coast.
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The Coast Guard says a towing vessel hit an oil well early Tuesday in a waterway north of Barataria Bay in south Louisiana and there are reports of oil spewing from the damaged wellhead.Jefferson Parish Council member Chris Roberts says oil is spewing from the well. And the Coast Guard has received reports of an oil sheen in Mud Lake, north of Barataria Bay - an area where officials have been trying to head off invasions of oil from the BP oil rig disaster to the south.
Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the government's point man on oil spill response, says the towing vessel was uninspected.
The extent of the damage and the amount of oil leaking are not yet known, but reports indicate a gusher shooting 20 feet into the air.
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