Oil Slick Off Texas Coast Tied to Abandoned Platform in Gulf (1)

Federal and state officials are developing plans to respond to an oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico tied to an abandoned platform at least eight miles off the Texas coast.

State officials were notified about the apparent spill on July 14 and subsequently attributed it to a flowline riser — which generally carries fluid at the sites — leaking natural gas and condensate. Video posted on social media and airing on KPRC, a local TV station, showed liquid spewing out of the pipe.

There was “a discharge of natural gas, salt water and condensate coming from a recirculation line ...