Cleanup boats on scene of large Gulf oil spill following Ida

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable lipid spill successful the Gulf of Mexico pursuing Hurricane Ida. The spill, which is ongoing, appears to beryllium coming from a root underwater astatine an offshore drilling lease astir 2 miles southbound of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The reported determination is adjacent the tract of a miles-long brownish and achromatic lipid slick disposable successful aerial photos archetypal published Wednesday by The Associated Press. So far, the increasing lipid slick appears to person remained retired to oversea and has not impacted the Lousiana shoreline. The Coast Guard identified an undersea pipeline owned by Houston-based Talos Energy arsenic the apt source, but the institution says the lipid isn’t theirs.