Oil spewing from well near Louisiana marsh

MSNBC
July 27, 2010

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Adding insult to the Gulf’s injury, a wellhead hit by a tug boat is now spewing oil near a Louisiana marsh area, officials said Tuesday.

The oil is shooting up 20 feet into the air, the office of Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said.

The well is in inland waterways on the border of Plaquemines and Jefferson parishes, about 65 miles south of New Orleans; it’s marsh area not accessible by road.

Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts was quoted as saying by WWL-TV in New Orleans that “there is a pretty good amount of oil flowing there.” He did not have a more specific estimate.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 12:10 pm

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