Divers identify broken pipeline as source of Gulf oil spill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Divers astatine the tract of an ongoing lipid spill that appeared successful the Gulf of Mexico aft Hurricane Ida person identified the evident root arsenic one-foot diameter pipeline displaced from a trench connected the water level and breached open. The Houston-based institution presently paying for the cleanup, Talos Energy, said successful a connection that the busted pipeline does not beryllium to them. Two 95-foot effect vessels stay connected determination astatine the spill attempting to incorporate and retrieve lipid from the water’s surface. The Associated Press archetypal reported Wednesday that aerial photos showed a miles-long brownish and achromatic lipid slick spreading astir 2 miles southbound of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.