California Investigates Potential Offshore Oil Spill Near LA

California officials are investigating a potential oil spill south of Los Angeles near Huntington Beach, close to where a serious offshore leak occurred in 2021.

The US Coast Guard on Friday reported an oily sheen 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) long and 0.5 miles wide near the Emmy and Eva oil platforms, about 2.8 miles off Huntington Beach.

California Resource Corp., the operator of Emmy, said there was no leak or spill from its installation. Amplify Energy Corp., another company operating in the area, and which earlier had alerted regulators to a wastewater leak from its Elly platform, said ...