U.S. record oil spill in Louisiana: A boat smashed into an oil well in Louisiana (southern U.S.), provoking a new oil spill in the region, said the coast guard said Tuesday. However, the Coast Guard has seen a thin layer of oil on the surface.
“There are gas and water vapor that rise to the surface,” plus a small amount of oil, said Admiral Thad Allen, entrusted by the government to fight the oil slick caused by BP.A team of coastguards and a helicopter from New Orleans with an inspector of contamination were sent to the site.
The well is located 104 km south of New Orleans, was damaged after colliding with the boat “Captain Buford, which was towed by the” Pere Ana C “, completed the authorities, endorsing the incident has nothing to do with the platform’s “Deepwater Horizon,” Britain’s BP, which caused the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
Witnesses said they saw the oil leak at 6 feet tall from the base of the well – installed two meters below the water .